THE LIMA 



bye, is entirely supported by subscription, and it is no uncommon occurrence 

 to have half-a-dozen ladies in the Field. 



Dr. Dohan's country is cramped and hilly, though not rough, except in 

 small localities, and the average enclosure contains about eight or ten acres 

 only, which naturally furnishes plenty of jumping. The fences are mainly 

 timber, with a few stone walls and a good many brooks which require some 

 doing. As yet, ware-fencing has not become a serious menace, and the hunting 

 farmers are so numerous that there seems to be a fair chance of keeping it 

 out in any quantity. Clean-bred and cold-bred horses are used indiscrim- 

 inately, according to the taste of the rider, but the runs are long and severe, 

 owing to the pace of hounds, and it is the opinion of the Master that a 

 blood-horse is best suited to the country. 



The attitude of the landowners, as in most parts of Pennsylvania, is entirely 

 favorable ; many of them turning out regularly and some of them contrib- 

 uting hounds, giving the Lima still somewhat the character of a trencher-fed 

 pack. 



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