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Shaftesbury Road, and into Doncliffe, in thirty- 

 seven minutes. They never left him, but 

 worked him right through this great cover, down 

 to a farmhouse close to the College Arms in 

 Stour Row, where he slipped away from hounds 

 in the buildings, and was seen stealing back into 

 the Cover ; they were on the line again in no 

 time, and, running the length of Doncliffe and 

 down the north side, he went to ground in a 

 watercourse at the end of something over an 

 hour from the find. Alas ! we were in our 

 neighbour's country, so, though all was done 

 that could be by hounds and hedgestakes, we 

 had to leave him there ! Back to Nyland, where 

 were plenty of foxes, but the scent had altered, 

 and, in spite of various false starts, we got no 

 run, and finally we marked one to ground in 

 the Thorn Cover, and trotted home in furious 

 hail and sleet. 



January 6th. — 



The snow, which was inches thick in 

 London, reminded us of itself here, and a 

 powdering of it all day, more or less, did not 



