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Drove to Hedgeley with G. Carr and railed to Eglingham. From 

 there we walked on to Leamington Wood where Miss Buckle was gi\'ing 

 a picnic. Enjoyed myself thoroughly. We walked to Whittingham 

 and trained to Hedgeley. G. Carr drove us up to Eeaveley. 



Saturday, Sept. 28. — Met at Prendwick at 8 a.m. 



Good scent, but as Cis was knocked up there was no one to whip 

 in. Had two good runs but did not kill. 



Great lunch at Mrs. Crispe's. There were out four Carrs, two Miss 

 Carrs, two Miss Brownes, F. Crispe, Miss Cresswell. In the afternoon 

 I walked to Glanton. Fen wick left. 



Sunday, Sept. 29. — Tidied up the house, and paid a farewell 

 call to the Carrs. 



Monday, Sept. 30.— Back to Cambridge to hunt till term Ijegins. 



Everything wrong. No food for hounds. Bob's landlady away ; 

 no water laid on, though it had all been ordered. Cambridge is 

 depressing. 



From this trip I learned several things : — 



1. Not to walk farther than necessary in jack-boots. 



2. One must have a good temper if four or five men are all living 

 together. 



3. A bicycle would have been a godsend. 



4. The Cambridgeshire plough leg muscle is no good for climbing 

 Northumberland hills. It is quite a different breed of muscle. 



5. A little Northumbrian speech (very poor). 



6. Get fat in the summer so as to have something to draw on in 

 the winter. Hard work on hard condition all the year round means 

 a certainty of getting knocked up. 



The advice for men and hounds to start a hard season's work 

 with a Little spare fat, is, from the standpoint of medical science, 

 thoroughly sound. (F. C. K.) 



The foregoing diary was accompanied by a letter in which the 

 author says that "the Carr -Ellisons were very good about the 

 shooting, and gave us all the shooting round. We used to get twenty 

 or thirty brace of partridge and black game and numerous rabbits, 

 and we had miles of fishing, also from the Carr-ElHsons. It seems 



