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Cockrow, where scent failed, liouuds divided, 

 and the foxes had the best of it. 



March i6th. — 



We met at Barnes Cross Roads. The 

 necessary animal was wanting in the little covers 

 close to the meet, but we found him in Holwell 

 Gorse. He led us a ring towards Castle Hill, 

 but returned to the Gorse in a short half-hour, 

 and was left there. No one at home in Short 

 Wood, but from Humber Wood we did better. 

 Our fox broke on the south-west side and 

 made for the New Inn, but doubled back for 

 Pulham Mill ; thence making his wa}' to 

 Short Wood, and returning by a sort of ring 

 to Ranksborough Gorse, and went down to the 

 river, which we crossed, heading for Hazlebury 

 Bryan ; but we soon swung back, and into 

 Charity Gorse, up Rooksmoor Drove, past 

 King's Stag, towards Humber Wood. Up to 

 this point it was about an hour and ten 

 minutes from the find. He was now running 

 us out of scent, but we made a line into Short 

 Wood, and could do no more. A very cold 



