THE SQUIRE OF ASWARBY 



cheering on the small portion of time allotted to us inhabi- 

 tants of the earth. 



" I beg to remain, 



" Honoured Sir, 

 " Your most humble and obedient servant, 



"Wm. Goodall." 



The young Rufuses and Guiders entered were of a most 

 exemplary character, which did not fail to extract a moral 

 from Will's pen. The next letter of the series is dated from 

 Ropsley Kennels, to which hounds were taken for the fox- 

 hunts east of Grantham, and contains a spirited account of 

 cub-hunting prospects. 



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"Ropsley Kennels, 



" Thursday Morning. 

 [N.D.] 

 " Honoured Sir, — 



" Thinking you will like to hear a little of our proceed- 

 ings, I take the liberty of sending you a short account of 

 them. You will be glad to hear we have had, so far, a very 

 satisfactory season, though the foxes, since our first visitation, 

 and the daily noise of the nutters and acorn getters have 

 made them get into some more quiet abode ; for yesterday 

 I could not get up to a fox either in Dunsby, Kirkby, or 

 Aslackby Woods, although there were lines through each of 

 them, and I have been once to each before, and found a litter 

 of cubs in each ; after heavy mornings, with moderate luck, 

 succeeded in killing one out of each. After drawing through 

 these woods yesterday, we got up to two or three foxes 

 directly in Keisby Wood ; they settled beautifully to one, 

 running him through Aslackby and Bulby Hall, a ring 

 round by Kirkby, through Aslackby Wood again, and pulled 

 him down at the Keisby end after a splitting twenty-five 

 minutes — ' a cubb.' 



" On Tuesday I was much disappointed not seeing you out. 

 I went to Newton Gorse to oblige Mr. Turnor, and found 

 directly, but there was an earth open, and they soon got to 



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