14 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



the preservation of a large head of game for his own form 

 of sport is not allowed to clear his coverts of foxes. 



The Skreens Estate, which includes the most im- 

 portant coverts on the southern borders of the Roothing 

 district, has remained the property of the Bramston family 

 down to the present time. The house has been occupied 

 successively by Mr. Thomas Henry Bramston, who died in 

 1813 ; Mr. Thomas Gardiner Bramston (elder brother of 

 Mr. John Bramston Stane), who died in 183 1 ; and Mr. 

 Thomas William Bramston, who died in 1870. Each of 

 these owners, in his time, took part in the representation 

 of the county in Parliament, and joined in all matters of 

 local interest, including foxhunting ; but, unfortunately, 

 it is now many years since Skreens has been inhabited by 

 its owner. 



Langleys has happily continued down to the present 

 time to be the residence of the Tufnells, many of whom 

 have taken as leading a position in riding to hounds as in 

 graver pursuits ; Colonel William Nevill Tufnell is the 

 present owner. 



We will next mention some of the principal coverts 

 and other features of the Essex Hunt, taking first the 

 southern part of the country ; next the neighbourhood 

 of the kennels ; then the country north of Dunmow, and 



