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a fellow on foot commenced a violent view- 

 halloo on the Down to a fresh fox, and being 

 close to him the hounds could not be stopped ; 

 and again facing the Downs, for several miles 

 towards Arundel, they headed, and ran him 

 hard through some large coverts at the end of 

 Potscomb Wood. Here I was able to stop 

 them, very late in the day, and between thirty 

 and forty miles from their kennel. 



" ' On our return we had to pass close to 

 Colonel Wyndham's, who had just returned 

 with his own hounds, and who, in the most 

 polite and liberal manner, offered to take in 

 myself and hounds for the night, where, it is 

 unnecessary to add, we met with every pos- 

 sible comfort. The colonel also offered the 

 same accommodation to the gentlemen who 

 were with me, and sent a servant to those 

 who might be passing the village of East 

 Dean, to request the pleasure of their com- 

 pany for the night, 



" ' Amongst those who were at the last were 

 Messrs. E. Morant, G. Butler, and Hale, Cap- 

 tain Georges, Hon. William Gage, Messrs. 

 Richards, Hill, and Norrk It is fair to add, 

 Captain Georges' grey mare had the best of 

 it. I am sorry to say a capital hunter died 

 on the road home.' 



