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THE CEEAM OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 



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self opi^osite the impediment, side by side with one who, in our 

 Liliputian land, has long been held a giant — one who has, 

 perhaps, levelled more oxers than any single caqienter has set 

 up in a lifetime. Regarding the timber a« one might glance 

 at a big man whose head is streaked with silver, while one 

 assures him that his grey hair alone saves him the thrashing he 

 would otherwise receive — the stranger muttered audibly, " Ti 



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hounds only weren't at fault," shook his head disappointedly; 

 and he, too, turned aside. 



For the third time in the day the flat meadows by the 

 Kcyham brook Avere crossed ; and when Scraptoft laurels were 

 reached holloa and hat were raised in the road beyond. Hounds, 

 however, took some time to clear the shrubberies, and, though 

 their fox was hardly able to travel at a walk, he crept on to 

 the Gorse, and they failed to touch him again. From Barkby 

 Holt to the end was twenty-five minutes — to conclude a day of 

 excellent fun. 



