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provide them with the means of enjoying their 

 sport would be an acknowledgment, in the form of 

 a brace or two of pheasants and a hare, of the care 

 they take of the foxes, and the ungrudging way in 

 which they permit their land to be ridden over. I 

 feel certain that this is an unintentional neglect which 

 has only to be known to those hunting with the 

 Quorn to be remedied ; and the remark is apphcable 

 to other counties which I have visited, where, if a 

 little more thought for the tenants was shown, there 

 would be less dissatisfaction expressed when their 

 fences are broken down or their wheat crossed. There 

 can be little doubt that if a thoroughly good under- 

 standing is always maintained between the sportsmen 

 and the farmers, there will be fewer places drawn 

 blank. Moving off to the Rowhoe covers the hounds 

 were thrown in, but nothing was to be found in this 

 range of woods ; next the Wynstay cover and gorse 

 were drawn with a similar result ; in Kinoulton Wood 

 a mangy fox was killed in a few minutes ; Parson^s 

 Gorse was found to be without an incumbent ; but at 

 the Curate's better luck was in store, and Tom Firr 

 at last drove a good fox from the cover. Here the 

 field was baulked by the railway, which allowed time 

 for the hounds to get away, and the result was a run 

 of short duration, but the pace was merry whilst it 

 lasted, finishing in Willoughby Gorse. After a con- 

 siderable time, the fox broke cover again, intending 

 to retrace his steps ^ but, being headed back, the 

 hounds ran in to him. On the Tuesday the Cottes- 

 more met at Uffington House, and had a good gallop 

 in the afternoon. On the Wednesday the Belvoir met 

 at the Three Queens, a favourite fixture of his Grace 



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