NIMROD'S YORKSHIRE TOUR, 1826, 



CONTAINING ACCOUNTS OF 



The Baby Pack, the Lambton, the York and Ainsty, the Hurworth, 

 the Holderness, the Badsivorth, &c. &c. 



undeb the respective management of 



The Eael of Darlington, 



Me. Ealph Lambton, Mr. Lloyd, 



Mr. Matthew Wilkinson, 



Mr. Thomas Hodgson, and Lord Hawke : 



and concluding with 



A Visit to Leicestershire and tlie Neiv Forest. 



Last winter Yorkshire was fixed upon, for two reasons : first, it was 

 fresh ground, and therefore hkely to produce a good crop ; and 

 secondly, because it is decidedly the most sporting part of His 

 Majesty's dominions. One might almost imagine there was some- 

 thing in the physical power of the climate that produced such a host 

 of sportsmen — for every man there is one. 



On the 1st of November 1826, I started for the North ; halted 

 that day at Birmingham ; on the 2nd reached Leeds ; and on the 

 3rd arrived at York at twelve o'clock. 



As was natural to suppose, I soon stumbled upon a man I knew. 

 This ended in an invitation to dinner and a very pleasant evening, 

 but not at my friend's house — for when he got home, he found an 

 invitation from Mr. George Swann, and took me under his arm. I 

 am not going to recapitulate the scenes of the evening; but as 



