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impart a very cheerful feeling to the meet at 

 Middlemarsh, or the hunt that followed, which 

 was entirely in the Grange Woods, and the ins 

 and outs of which I cannot describe. There 

 was not much scent at any time, and it was 

 especially bad in the afternoon. 



January 7th. — 



Things had not improved on Thursday, 

 when hounds put in an appearance on Mr. 

 Dendy's lawn at Lattiford, where the frost was 

 so hard that the ring of the horses' hoofs on 

 the grass did not sound like hunting. Nor were 

 we surprised when at twelve o'clock the Master 

 decided not to attempt it. 



January 8th. — 



There was not much frost that night, 

 nor yet much thaw, so, after sliding to West 

 Hill Gate, it was found possible to hunt. 

 Only a very small field were out, but those 

 few met with many falls, and much sport. 

 Lenthay Moor was drawn blank, but a fox 

 was at home in Honeycombe, who ran to 



