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we used to meet at these cross roads when 

 siininioiied to Cauiidle Marsh. In Ferne\' Down 

 the dog pack at once proclaimed a find, and ran 

 merrih' to Broke, and thence through Withy 

 Tree Copse, over the fields and fences, the latter 

 now in a much better and safer condition owing 

 to the late rains, to Buckshaw Brake, and to 

 ground in a bank outside that cover, in five and 

 twenty minutes from the find. A little talk, 

 hardh' time, though, to consider the Redistri- 

 bution Bill question, which was in every one's 

 mouth, when out he bolted, and, following the 

 edge of the river, not liking the look of the 

 water at first, he presently hardened his heart, 

 and, swimming across, ran up the opposite 

 rising ground, but when half wa}- up Portdown 

 Hill he turned to his left and tried the shelter of 

 Marsh Copse. After this he either got a better 

 start or the scent was not so good, for we could 

 make but a weak line by Fontleroi and up to the 

 Holts, finally losing him in the flat below Dead 

 Man's Copse. We then went to Snagg's Harbour 

 (I have often wondered who Snagg was), and ran 

 a ring round by Feme}- Down and the Park, till 



