so THE BELVOIR HUNT. 



is an important consideration on such 

 occasions. 



It was highly amusing, a short time since, 

 to read the effusion of a learned Commis- 

 sioner, who sallied forth from Grantham to 

 meet the Duke of Rutland's hounds at 

 Leadenham, distant ten miles due north, 

 attended peradventure by an angelic guide, 

 whose society possibly beguiled him, for he 

 describes his route through Denton Park, 

 which is handy upon four miles, bearing 

 nearly south-west. Thus, accepting his 

 version as correct, he must have travelled 

 eighteen miles before he reached his des- 

 tination. Such egregious mistakes may 

 pass with the uninitiated ; but to those who 

 are acquainted with the country they are 

 simply ridiculous ; yet it is the uninitiated 

 who are misguided and inconvenienced by 

 inaccurate information. 



The principal places at which these 

 hounds meet are within the following 



