... banks which ran down one side of the covert. Hounds had just found in the thick, and were making slow progress among the blackberry brambles. There were two couples of young hounds in this lane listening and disbelieving, when an old big dog fox slipped ...

... i/c rations. Fond of country life, the major had wandered into an adjoining field with the genial intention of culling blackberries. Absorbed in this fascinating pursuit and being some what hard of hearing he failed to respond to our despairing cries ...