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by November, and I can't manage to come to 

 you till then.' 



Time rolled on. The Mendale accounted 

 for twenty-three brace of cubs. The country 

 became fit to ride ; two or three early frosts 

 carpeted the roads with leaves and cleared the 

 ditches. Already they had had two or three 

 really fine gallops, and in one instance an old 

 dog had given them an eight-mile point and 

 saved his brush by getting to ground just 

 within the boundaries of the East Stamford 

 country. Keginald would have given a hun- 

 dred pounds to dig him, but that of course 

 could not be, as there is no breach of etiquette 

 so unpardonable as that. 



The ' Bredford Mercury ' of Wednesday 

 the 27th contained the following, under the 

 heading ' Hunting Appointments ' : — 



The Mendale hounds wUl meet as follows : 



Monday, Nov. 1 . Westbury Wood 



Tuesday . . . Blythbank 



Thursday. . . Eadbrook 



Saturday . . . Cream Cheese Hill 



