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kings on Boxing Day. And the}^ had a good 

 chance of doing so, for we spent the morning 

 riding up and down and round and round 

 Honeycombe after a brace of foxes, which were 

 quite willing to ser\'e the public, but not at the 

 cost of their brushes, for they preserved both 

 intact. Towards two o'clock the Master trotted 

 off to Green Lane, a quiet little cover hard by, 

 whence a fox broke at the low end, and, heading 

 for Westhall, gave our brook jumpers an oppor- 

 tunity of distinguishing themselves — raced 

 thence into Leweston Park, the hounds making 

 rich melody as they crossed the park for the 

 Rookery, and on into Leweston Wood, round 

 which he took a turn as if looking for the late 

 owner — and it did seem a pit}^ so good a house 

 should be tenantless. Then, as soon as we could 

 get out of cover, we saw hounds fleeting from 

 us over the big held with the brook at the 

 bottom, over which we jumped with no time to 

 pick our place, heading for Whitfield ; but 

 bearing a little left, we went into Home Bushes, 

 and on to the road, where we had a momentary 

 check, but a hound picked out the line in the 



