OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 115 



Here he showed himself most sporting fox : 

 passing the earth of Sharavogue untried, he crossed 

 the race-course ; 



" Now far behind 

 The hunter crew, wide straggling o'er the plain ; 

 The panting courser now with trembling nerves 

 Begins to reel. 



Now to Rathmorc-hill, by the Castle ; here there 

 was a disposition to stop the hounds, when To7iij 

 sAvore ' His Majesty's guards could not stop them ! ' 



" And leaves the lagging multitude behind. 



From Ratkmore he inclined towards Golden Grove ; 

 then changing his route, he made for Kiiock, over 

 a continuation of the most beautiful country, 

 by the Leap Castle, through Ballyhut, when, the 

 hounds being very near him, he crossed the 

 Roscrea road, and made directly for the moun- 

 tains, leaving Summer Hill to the right, — 



" And o'er the plain, and o'er the mountain's edge, 

 Away he flies ; nor ships with wind and tide, 

 And all their can\'as wings, went half so fast. 



Now to Cashrow Glen, where taking leave of the 

 lowland country, he made for the Gap of Glandine, 

 where the hounds were with difficulty stopped, 

 and life given to one of the most sporting foxes 

 this country or perhaps any other ever produced. 



