THE BADMINTON HUNT, 21 



steam below, that he was very liberally- 

 rewarded. The plan cannot be too gener- 

 ally adopted. 



Without being over abundant, there are 

 many capital coverts, and the Lower 

 Woods, with Maplerldge close by, are 

 famous preserves. So well are these 

 woods stocked with foxes, that the hounds 

 generally visit them twice or three times 

 every month. This calls to memory what 

 Mr Osbaldeston described to me touching 

 the Wragby woodlands in the Burton 

 country when he first began to hunt them. 

 His predecessor, Lord Monson, had not 

 drawn them for two seasons, and the foxes, 

 innocent of such polite attention, were un- 

 acquainted with the rules of etiquette, and 

 refused to leave their sylvan territories. 

 Seeing It was a fine grass country all 

 round, '' The Squire " was determined to 

 teach the Inmates better manners. They 

 were numerous and vigorous, there were 



