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what direction his chance of safety lies. After the 

 usual law the the hounds are laid on, and I have never 

 seen animals under better control than these, as, until 

 Goodall gave them the office, they kept quietly at his 

 heels ; but at the word of command they slipped 

 away, and, spreading over the field, picked up the 

 scent in an instant, and went away at a rattling pace, 

 going in the direction of Gerrard's Cross, but, turning 

 to the left, Kob Koy races away, scattering the field 

 broadcast, and making for the Grove, a small park-like 

 enclosure, around which he runs ; then, had he been 

 allowed a chance, he would have gone away across 

 the line of open country before him ; but as he came 

 close up to me, and was about to clear the palings, he 

 was headed and howled at, and a stick being judi- 

 ciously thrown at him, he was effectually baulked, and 

 our chance of a run destroyed. Once more he traversed 

 the park, then going through the shrubberies he made 

 his way in the direction of Beaconsfield. 



After a little while Goodall came up, and the 

 hounds being laid on we ran him across a field or two, 

 into a small copse, and the hounds running up close 

 to him, he went back again into the park, and they 

 were whipped off. After a few minutes' pause we 

 were off again, running in the direction of Amersham, 

 but, wheeling round, he went over the common and 

 back at full speed to Gerrard's Cross ; then hanging 

 about for a while he made for Bulstrode Park, but 

 finding there was not much more to be done with him 

 I left them, and subsequently heard that after run- 

 ning him about for a while, he took to the water, and 

 the hounds getting at him, speedily put an end to 

 Rob Roy. This could not be considered a good day's 



