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' in Bickerton Spring ; away, leaving Bickerton and Ing- 

 ' manthorpe Willow-garth to the right, pointing for the old 

 ' wood, headed by a shepherd. Back through the Willow- 

 ' garth into Lingcroft ; gave him a turn in the covert. 

 ' Away towards Cowthorpe village ; turned to the left 

 ' nearly to the old wood, left Geldart'.s plantation on the 

 ' left, down to the river, sharp along the bank behind 

 ' Cowthorpe village, turned up to the woods ; hunted prettily. 

 ' Back again towards Cattal Bridge ; then, bearing up 

 ' towards Tockwith, turned back to Hagg Wood. Came 

 ' up to him, and ran hard to Marston Whin. Here they 

 ' ran hard in covert, and nearly caught him. I think he 

 ' got to ground, and we gave it up at 5-40. A hard day.' 



' March 8th. Wescoe Hill. Found in Riffa. Away towards 

 ' Bailey's Whin ; doubled back, ran below Wescoe Hill, 

 ' along the bottoms to Rougemont Carr. Hunted him on 

 ' to Whitehead Crag. Here he had waited. They turned 

 ' up the hill, and began to run hard past Clap Wood, over 

 ' the Haggs to Spofforth Castle, racing him into the 

 ' gardens behind the town. He crossed the street, through 

 ' Godfrey Long's fields, and they killed him in the Crimple. 

 ' Captain Benyon jumped in, and cauglit him as he was 

 ' sinking. A good run — an hour and fifteen minutes. 

 ' Found at Stockeld a bad fox ; pottered about, got at him 

 ' in Devonshire Whin, and hunted him through Fime Kiln 

 ' Wood, down to the river, over Linton Quarry, and killed 

 ' in the open. Forty minutes.' 



' April 7th. Rudding Park. Killed a fox under the wall. 

 ' Found in the rough ground near Spacey House Whin. 

 ' Away over the railway, through Bathing House Whin, 

 ' Abbey's plantation ; back through Rudding, on to the 

 ' Hags ; back through Herbert's Larches, and killed on the 

 ' tunnel. One hour and five minutes. Found in Swindon 

 ' Wood. Away at once over Dunkeswick Hill, across 

 ' Weeton bottoms, left North Rigton on the right, Almscliff 

 ' on the left, straight over Stainburn and Lindley Moors to 

 ' Norwood Edge. Here he turned to the left into Lindley 



