328 1887. 



gathered like a snowball as the day went on. 

 We found in Tripp's Gorse, ran with a very 

 good scent into the Holts, and through them, 

 bending back, by Haddon, to Plumley, where 

 he took one turn, and no more, for hounds 

 caught and killed him there, at the end of 

 thirty minutes. We found another in Wind- 

 mill Hill, but could not account for him ; then 

 went to Hanover, found, ran to Ven, back to 

 Hanover, and nearly to Purse Caundle, heading 

 for Tripp's ; but hounds, being ridden off the 

 line, had no chance, and the fox consequently 

 got the best of it, and we went home, after 

 running hounds through the smaller Ven 

 Covers. 



April 4th. — 



Found us all at Bagber ; the usual 

 absentee being scent. A bob-brushed fox 

 from Spar Copse led us an hour's slow dance 

 over the MarnhuU country, and we lost him 

 at Bagber. Found another in Thornhill, and 

 killed him near Bagber in the afternoon. 



