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among the wild overgrowth of ivy, they found five or six
fresh " kennels." Every one present quickly entered into the
" spirit of the hounds," and promptly hauled them up the
buttress, when three or four couple were in an instant in full
cry on the chancel roof. " There," adds Daniel, " this extra-
ordinary Fox was compelled to surrender up his life without
benefit of clergy"—an event which he commemorates by
printing a poem written by a Mr. William Pearce.
In that popular book The Essex Hunt, by Messrs. R. F.
Ball and Tresham Gilbey (London, 1896, 4to), many notable
runs with hounds in Essex are described. One or two of
these may be briefly alluded to.
On February 19th, 1863, shortly before the resignation of
the veteran master, Mr. Joseph Arkwright, a late-found Fox
from Curtis Mill Green, near Navestock, ran through Pyrgo,
the Havering Wood's, over Upminster Common, and towards
Dagenham. Before reaching this place, however, he turned
and made for Hainault Forest, and again changing his mind,
he dodged back, and headed towards the Bower Wood, at
Havering, where he was killed after a splendid run of three
hours and seven minutes, covering a distance of not less than
twenty-four miles (op. cit., p. 141). A run of quite a different
character is described by Mr. Ball (op. cit., p. 174). A
Fox found in Parndon Wood, near Harlow, on Saturday,
March 12th, 1881, ran towards Nettleswell and Cheshunt,
then back through Galley Hills and Deer Park, on to Nazing
Common, and so, returning to Parndon Wood, he went to
ground in his old lair. He was dug out and killed after a
fast run of one hour and forty-five minutes, with no check of
more than three minutes. The find being very quick, only
seven got away. Another wonderful run of three hours oc-
curred on November 24th, 1890, from Kelvedon Hall
Wood, the Fox being killed in Brentwood High Street.