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humble distance I followed my leader, who 

 went like a bird throughout the run. For- 

 tunately for me, for nearly three miles a road 

 skirted the line the fox took ; and then, with 

 an eye upon the captain, who was leading 

 across the country, I macadamised it : nor was 

 I left alone, for many, like the highwaymen in 

 Macheath's gang, seemed to say, ' Let us take 

 the road.' The wily animal being a novice, 

 after running twenty minutes, was headed by 

 a clod, and turned right back for the wood, 

 where we found him. Here, within a few yards 

 of the covert, the fox was run into after a very 

 pretty hunting run. Mr. Long, the huntsman, 

 and the whipper-in, were well with the hounds 

 throughout the day, and did their respec- 

 tive duties in the most praiseworthy manner. 

 Everything was carried on in a quiet and 

 sportsman-like form ; there was no riding over 

 hounds, and no unnecessary hallooing." 

 T , _._ , At the end of the season, in April, 



Lord Gmorcl. I 



Captain Haworth, deterred by the 

 increased expense consequent on the now very 

 high price of all articles of food, resigned the 

 management of the H. H., and was succeeded 

 bv Lord Gilford, who had hunted the Ludlow 

 country and the Yale of White Horse. Lord 

 GifFord was an indefatigable and keen sports- 

 man, and during the time he was master of 



