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' Oulah Head, away towards Woodhall, Clap Wood, The 

 ' Walls, back again towards Sicklirighall, to Devonshire 

 'Whin, and killed. Hard day.' 



And, it may be added, a very satisfactory one after the 

 enforced idleness. December was practically an idle month, 

 and hounds were only out three times, viz. : on the 5th, 

 the 7th, and the 9th, and after that it was not until January 

 6th that they were able to hunt. They met at the Cross 

 Roads, Bramham, and had a lot of knocking about, but 

 they did not manage to kill. But they had got to work 

 again, and the good sport was not long in coming. 



'January 15th. The Wild Man. Found in Catterton Wood, 

 'ran to Steeton, got into a drain. Found in Catterton 

 'Spring, ran him to Bilbrough, over the Cat Lane earths, 

 ' back nearly to Duce Wood, turned towards Shire Oaks, 

 'chased him to the right to the old Manor House, and in 

 ' view into the Catterton drain, and I believe he was 

 'drowned. One hour and twenty minutes. Found in Shire 

 ' Oaks, ran to Healaugh Hall, back through the brick-kiln, 

 ' away through Catterton Wood, fast to Steeton Whin, 

 'turned to the right to Oxton, and back to Catterton Spring-, 

 ' ran hard in the coverts, and killed in the wood. One 

 ' hour and ten minutes. Hard day.' 



'January i8th. Weeton. Found in Riffa, hunted awaj' to 

 ' Stainburn Gill, Leathley, and back towards RifFa, turning 

 ' again, and going to ground in a drain near Leathley. 

 'Tried Lindley Wood, blank. Tried Riffa again, and 

 'trotted on to Rougemont Carr Whin. Found a few 

 'minutes past three, went away, leaving Swindon on the 

 ' left, Kirkby on the left, Cocked Hat on the right, close to 

 ' Spofforth, along the Crimple beck till opposite Rudding. 

 'Forty -five minutes. Headed by a sheep-dog, turned back 

 'to Follifoot, through Rudding to Spacey House Whin, 

 'over the railroad, pointing up the hill, turned to the right 

 'past C. Redcliffe's house, into the quarry, down to Bathing 

 ' House Whin, again turned on the Crimple hank, and raced 



