I50 1885. 



were rewarded, for a fine fox was found in 

 Brewham Wood, who, after a turn or two round 

 the Cover, took the open, and raced down to 

 Heaven Farm, near which he went to ground in 

 fifteen minutes. He was soon bolted, and they 

 ran him very hard through Cogley Wood, and 

 out of it, till he saved his brush by getting to 

 ground under the roots of a large fallen tree 

 in a gully, at the end of fifty minutes more. 

 A fine day and a good scent, though there was 

 no trace of the frost foretold by last night's 

 clear sky. 



December 3rd. — 



We met at Bagber Bridge, and had another 

 pleasant day. We were taken at once to 

 Thornhill, where General Parke had, as usual, 

 a good fox for his friends ; for, though he does 

 not hunt much himself, he is one of the 

 unselfish few who love to show sport to their 

 neighbours ; and nobody was better pleased than 

 he was when the little Red Rover was viewed 

 away from the wood — indeed, two were off 

 together. We went up over the Avenue Field 



