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dinner was fined 2s. 6d. A bonus of 5s. was 

 also paid by the churchwardens of each parish 

 in which a fox chanced to be killed, so that there 

 were various sources of income, which we doubt 

 not were pretty sharply looked after, 



"The best two days a week country in England" 

 is the opinion of that veteran sportsman, Mr. 

 Thomas Parrington, w^ho presided so ably over 

 its destinies a few years ago, and most men who 

 have hunted over it will endorse his remark. 

 The low country in the Sinnington Yale has a 

 capital proportion of grass, and as a rule the 

 plough rides light, but the fences are big and 

 take some jumping. There is some moorland 

 country on the northern side of the country, but 

 it is by no means so rough as in the neighbouring 

 countries, the Hackness and the Bilsdale. A 

 hner bit of country than that between Tylar's 

 Bridge and Malton it would be difficult to find. 

 Indeed, in the opinion of so eminent authority 

 as " Brooksby " the greater part of the country 

 is smoother riding than the hills of High 

 Leicestershire. 



There are a lot of big woodlands, some of them 

 apparently interminable, Skiplam to wit, but they 

 hold good wild foxes that do not hang about 

 long in covert. In the low country there are 

 some good gorse coverts, notably Muscoates 

 Whin, the starting point of many a famous run. 

 They also draw Sir George Womb well's coverts 



