4 THE BELVOIR HUNT, 



seen elsewhere, is planted in clumps, pro- 

 ducing pleasing effects ; and when a 

 pheasant rises from before you, your eye 

 reverts to a neighbouring bed of the kale, 

 almost suggestive of its being his nest, and 

 from which he had derived the beauties of 

 his plumage. Mr Ingram, who presides 

 over the horticultural department with so 

 much skill, most obligingly supplied me 

 with some of the seed, which I cultivate 

 most assiduously in patches on my little 

 lawn ; and, as I look upon them from my 

 dining-room, they remind me of the 

 beauties of Belvoir ; and if such a stimu- 

 lant were wanting, which indeed it never 

 can be, of the kind courtesies I have invari- 

 ably received from the Duke of Rutland. 



The interior of the castle contains many 

 valuable paintings and other works of art. 

 Among them is a striking portrait of the 

 late Duke, and in the state drawing-room, 

 the late Duchess of Rutland is exquisitely 



