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were half through the last cover, Silton Wood, 

 that we heard so much as a whimper. How- 

 ever, there our fox was, and, reluctantly leaving 

 home, he broke at last, and headed northward, 

 but, bending round right-handed, he ran fast 

 and well for Huntingford, where by a handy 

 bridge we crossed the Shreenwater ; turning a 

 little to the right, he bore down past Forest 

 side, straight for Eddix Hill to Bowridge Hill, 

 where he altered his mind, and, turning round 

 right-handed, he re-traced his steps, and, taking 

 a line on the east of his previous one, he went 

 back almost straight to Silton Wood again, 

 getting back in sixty-three minutes from the 

 start. Here, practically, we lost him, though 

 Brown worked out a weak line in vain pursuit 

 of him in the direction of Bddix Hill again. 

 We then drew Whistley Wood and Bailey 

 Bottom blank, and so home. 



February loth. — 



The popular meet, Five Bridges, was fairly 

 attended, but the day's sport could not compare 

 with yesterday's. Foxes were numerous at 



