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the Godstone quarries, through General's Grove to 

 Palmer's Wood on to Robin's Grove, up the hill by 

 Oxted chalk-pit, Stubb's Copse again, down to the 

 quarries along the edge of Marden Park to Hanging 

 Wood, back again down the hill to Robin's Grove, where 

 we fell in with the staghounds and got in a bit of a mess. 

 At last got on him again, drove him over the railway, up 

 the hill again, and killed him just above the mouth of the 

 tunnel. Four hours — some very fast. 



1889. 16 November. — A nice gallop from one of 

 Mr. Byron's coverts at Coulsdon, to Broomwood or 

 Wyllie Farm, on to Old Park, down the hill through the 

 Ruffits on towards Bletchingley, then turned left-handed, 

 and stopped hounds at dusk close to Godstone village. 



1890— 1. — Stopped twenty-five consecutive hunting 

 days by frost. 



1 89 1. 7 December. — A good gallop. Met at Wester- 

 ham Hill, and found in Sow Wood. The fox ran fast 

 to Crownash Hill, Mollams, and Skid Hill, on to Botley 

 Hill Road ; here there was a long check. Got on him 

 again near Lumberdines, and then hounds raced clear 

 away from us through Beddlestead, Tatsfield Park Wood, 

 down the hill, and they pulled him down by themselves 

 near to Rowtye Wood. Only Sam Hills, a whip, Mr. 

 T. Board, and Mr. Byron, saw the end. 



1892. 24 February. — Met at Purley Station, and 

 found a fox in the Woodcote Gorse. We simply mention 

 that meet to show how rapidly the country has altered 

 during recent years. The place where that fox was 



