THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. xij 



'December i6th. Alwoodley Gates. Found in Scotland 



'Wood and the Crag; got to ground. Found in Lord 



' Harewood's covert, at Black Hills ; ran some time in 



' covert, and killed. Found in one of the Arthington 



' coverts ; came up the hill to Waterhouse Whin into 



' Harevvood, nearly to the Grey Stone, away west, left 



' Eccup on the left, through Alwoodley Crag, Scotland 



' Wood, pointed for Leeds, turned to the right, and killed 



'him nearly in the town below Meanwood Park. One 



'hour, thirty-two minutes; good day's sport.' 



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January opened well. They had a good hunting run 

 from Duce Wood on the 5th, losing their fox in the York 

 and Ainsty country, near Appleton Windmill ; and on the 

 following Friday they had a very smart gallop from Hutton 

 Thorns, killing their fo.\ at one of the Cowthorpe coverts. 

 Good average sport, interrupted twice for a day by frost or 

 fog, characterised the whole of the month, but in the 

 beginning of February they had a clipper : — 



'February 2nd. Marston. Found in Hutton Thorns; away 

 'fast to Rufforth, nearly to Angram, over the Marston 

 ' Hill, back to the village ; left Hutton Thorns on the 

 'right, through Wilstrop to the river, crossed, and crossed 

 'back near Shewkirk, lost at Wilstrop. One hour, ten 

 ' minutes. Found at Marston Whin ; away to Healaugh, 

 'Nova Scotia, Bilton, Bickerton, Champagne Gorse, 

 'Ingmanthorpe, Cowthorpe, crossed the river at Walshford 

 ' Bridge, to Ribston and Goldsbrough Moor and Wood. 

 ' Hounds ran three and a half hours, and were stopped 

 ' at dark.' 



'February 26th. North Deighton. Found in Deighton Spring; 

 'ran to Stockeld, and to ground at Wetherby. Found 

 ' between Deighton Spring and Ribston Moor ; ran round 

 'the village to the river, back to Smiler's Gorse and the 

 ' Spring, towards Stockeld, to Kirk Deighton ; lost. Went 

 ' to a halloo near Ingmanthorpe Whin ; away very fast by 

 'Deighton Bar to Spofforth, left Braham Wood on the 

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