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morning's work. Hounds spoke to their fox 

 just above the Shrubberies, where two were on 

 foot ; they ran one of them very hard past the 

 Nunnery to the earths under the Tower, where 

 they hung a little, but, being cast forward, they 

 ran over the earths and on, carrying a good head, 

 into King's Wood. Here he took a turn, and, 

 after exhibiting some indecision, he was pushed 

 on into Witham Wood ; from whence he turned 

 back, and went through West End Wood and 

 out into the open below, affording his pursuers — 

 to wit, Lord Cork, Lady Isabel Boyle, and Mr. 

 Turner — a pretty gallop back to Alfred's Tower, 

 and into the woods, where, after some patient 

 hunting, he was left for another day. The 

 Master then took his hounds to Bagmore, where 

 a fox was found, but they could make nothing 

 of him. 



November 5th. — 



Found a small field at Yarlington House 

 (Mr. Rogers'). Very heavy hailstorms were the 

 feature of the day, and, as the glass was falling, 

 not much was to be hoped in the way of sport. 



