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The Duke of Beaufort's Great Wood 

 run of 1 87 1 IS another specimen of the 

 stoutness displayed by foxhounds of mo- 

 dern days. 



As a hunting quarter, Grantham cannot 

 be surpassed. The accommodation at the 

 George Hotel is superlatively good, and 

 the charges are by no means extravagant. 

 Indeed, with the addition of the Saracen's 

 Head at Lincoln, which is within access 

 by rail of many of the Duke of Rutland's 

 appointments, in my experience, I know 

 of no other hotels equal to them. The 

 stabling of both is excellent, and so is the 

 provender. Grantham is very central for 

 the Duke's country, and there are railways 

 in various directions which will do duty as 

 covert hack, alike for horse and rider. It 

 has always been my custom, when on my 

 tours, to avail myself of the accommo- 

 dation when the distance exceeds seven 

 or eight miles, as economy of horse-flesh 



