8 THE QUORN HUNT. 



Queniborough, Costock, Walton Thorns, 

 Swithland, Grooby, Bradgate, and Brooks- 

 by; and when they went from home to 

 Bowden Inn, they sought their pastime in 

 Stockerston Wood. Billesdon, then as 

 now, was in high repute — not omitting 

 Langton Caundle, Allexton, Easton Park, 

 Gumley, and Sheepshorns, near Shankton 

 Holt. Time has not changed the prestige 

 of these coverts — unequivocal testimony of 

 their superiority. 



The averag^e number of foxes killed 

 annually during the last ten years of Mr 

 MeynelFs occupation was thIrty-sIx brace, 

 hunting three and occasionally four days 

 in the week ; sometimes on consecutive 

 days. 



The stud devoted to the service of the 

 men consisted of about twenty-eight horses ; 

 though it would appear they were fre- 

 quently mounted by gentlemen who wished 

 to have the unruly spirits of their steeds 

 subdued. 



An opinion very generally prevails that 

 the hounds of olden times were more noted 



