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ther fox, on whicli the greater part of the 

 pack at once turned. He tokl Mr. Payne of 

 this ; bnt as he had not himself noticed it, he 

 would not believe it, and merely said, ^'We 

 are all right." Mr. Smith knew that they 

 were all wi*ong, and so he went on with the 

 few hounds that had kept to the hunted fox. 

 After running on capital terms for a mile or 

 so, he and these hounds viewed the fox, dead- 

 beat, run into a drain when only a few yards 

 from them. He was now at a loss ; but luckily 

 a man on foot came up, whom he left to guard 

 the di'ain, whilst a moimted farmer kindly 

 rode after the hounds and brought them back. 

 Mr. Smith returned to Althorpe, as he did not 

 think it fair, when mounted on a friend's 

 horse, to attempt to catch hounds running. 

 He learnt the next day that the hounds were 

 brought back, and ate their fox. 



"When visiting his brother, the Eev. S. 

 Smith, at Weedon Lois, Mr. Smith hunted one 

 day Avith Lord Southampton's hounds. After 



