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prettily along the river side to Rolf's Mill and 

 Lane's, leaving it on onr right ; and still running 

 merrily, we went on, under Bishop's Caundle, 

 following the course of the river to Ryall's 

 Gorse ; then crossed it by the ford at Buckshaw 

 Pit, where we viewed him. From here our 

 course continued towards Bulhams, which we 

 left behind us, and, passing Mr. English's house 

 at Holwell, we headed for the Holwell Gorses, 

 but, bending left round the edge of Ranks- 

 borough Gorse, hounds raced their fox in view 

 to the mill and to the water's edge, from which 

 point he was never seen again, nor could any 

 cast recover his line, for he had met a watery 

 grave, defrauding hounds of their well-deserved 

 prey, which they had followed, with only two 

 slight checks, for an hour and thirty-two 

 minutes. It was just two fields from the mill 

 that Lady Theodora Guest had the misfortune 

 to break her leg in a collision with a gate post, 

 against which her horse swerved in galloping 

 through a gateway ; and she immediately rode 

 home, some nine miles off. 



