THE ESSEX HUNT COUNTRY. TQ 



we find the coverts belongintr to Down Hall, the seat of 

 Lord Rookwood. He also owns Man Wood, which is 

 always the covert first drawMi on the opening day when 

 the hounds meet at Matching Green. 



To the north of Down Hall lies the country round 

 Hatfield Heath and Hatfield Broad Oak, where the prin- 

 cipal coverts are those of Lord Roden, now rented by 

 Mr. T. J. Mann of Hyde Hall, Mr. Alan Lowndes at Bar- 

 rington Hall ; and the neutral country of Takeley Forest, 

 belonofine to Colonel Archer Houblon. Between Man 

 Wood and Hatfield Broad Oak lies the famous covert Row 

 Wood, which is second to none in the annals of the Hunt. 



This brings us to the northern limits of the W'ednes- 

 day country. Returning to the kennels and looking south- 

 east towards Ong-ar, we face a district known as " The 

 Lavers," containing many good coverts, including Brick- 

 kilns (not far from Man Wood), Envilles, Norwood and 

 Belgium Springs. Between the Lavers and Ongar the 

 principal coverts are those of Major George Capel Cure, of 

 Blake Hall, whose estate includes Bobbingworth Hall 

 Wood and Dooly Wood, as well as Ongar Park Wood in 

 the Monday country. 



The land in the Wednesday country is chiefly arable, 

 except in the Nazing district, where there is a good deal of 



