’Till I explor’d the spot,

And found by dint of heels my steed

To the rear rank had got.

First three I found on Thropton Hill,

There basking with their brood;

The rest were seen from Snitter Mill,

Past Cartington to crowd:

From Silverside, by Lorbottle,

To Trewhit Mains I march’d,

By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell,