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"way, lie tkrew tliem into cover; tliey soon 

 found in the great wood, and they had very 

 pretty amusement for an hour or two, when 

 the fox took to ground, and the hounds were 

 taken home. At the kennel the whole village 

 was assembled, with Lord Chesterfield's men 

 very busy in the crowd, foretelling that he 

 would return by and by without the hounds, 

 instead of which the whole fifty-two couples 

 were with him. 



After a day's rest the hounds were taken 

 to Nobottle Wood, belonging to Lord Spencer, 

 who formerly hunted that country. They soon 

 found several foxes, and they ran one into a 

 drain under a road in the wood. Whilst try- 

 ing to get him out, Moody's horse having lost 

 a shoe, he was sent to get another put on. 

 Scarcely had he gone, when a view halloo was 

 heard outside the wood, and the Master deter- 

 mined to give his pack a little more exercise. 

 He therefore left Hayes to get the fox out, and 

 though alone, took the hounds to the halloo. 



