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in vain, but we had run hard for over an hour, 

 and it was nearl}^ half-past five, so it was fairly 

 time to stop, especially for those who, like one 

 gentleman, had come some miles to cover, and 

 had to return home the same wa\^ But railway 

 trains are, as we know, excellent cover hacks. 



February 19th. — 



We met at Buckhorn Weston, and after 

 allowing a little extra law for the arrival of the 

 late Master and Lady Glyn, hounds were taken 

 to draw the Langham and Sandley country, 

 which, with the exception of one fox — chopped, 

 unluckily, in the turnips — proved all blank, as 

 well as Bailey Withj^bed and Quarr. But we 

 found in the " county double," and ran a very 

 smart ring of about thirty-five minutes towards 

 Langham and back to Buckhorn Weston, killing 

 him in a garden opposite the Church. We then, 

 having disturbed all that part of the country 

 pretty well, trotted away to Nyland Withybed, 

 so sure a find, that the fox, throughly under- 

 standing what was required of him, bolted in 

 view before hounds were fairly in, and ran for 



