6 THE BELVOIR HUNT. 



tion of foxes, and numerous are those 

 capital gorse coverts for which the counties 

 of Leicester, Lincoln, and the adjacent parts 

 of Nottingham, are so essentially famed. 



Taking Grantham as a centre, and strik- 

 ing a radius of twelve miles, all, or nearly- 

 all, the places of meeting are encompassed. 

 Due south are the confines of the Cottes- 

 more Hunt, and these neighbouring packs 

 frequently interchange cordialities by run- 

 ning their foxes into each other's country, an 

 event which, when terminating with blood, 

 invariably arouses feelings of unbounded 

 satisfaction to the visitors. There is some 

 very nice grass country in this district, but 

 bearing northward, the eastern boundary 

 consists of fens, where horses cannot follow. 

 On the north lies that portion of the 

 Burton country which is hunted by Mr 

 Chaplin. From Grantham to Caythorpe 

 the fences are light, and so is the land ; it 

 is not, therefore, except in wet weather. 



