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cleugh's, the Jed Forest, Mr. Scott Plummer's, and the 

 Berwickshire join each other in places. The Duke of 

 Buccleugh's is a big country, both as regards area and 

 importance. Hounds are out on four days of the week, 

 and though there is a good deal of wild moorland in 

 parts of the country, there is also a fair amount of 

 vale, a good deal of which is strong arable land. 

 St. Boswell's and Kelso are handy centres for the 

 Buccleugh hounds. The Dumfriesshire is practically 

 isolated, except that it joins the Eskdale on the east, 

 and this (the Dumfriesshire) is a three-days-a-week 

 pack, the best centres for hunting with which are 

 Annan, Lockerbie, and Dumfries. Lord Eglinton's is 

 also a four-days-a-week hunt, with no neighbour but 

 the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire in the north. The 

 Fife and the Berwickshire hunt on three days of the 

 week, but all the Scotch packs which have not been 

 mentioned hunt on two days of the week only, and 

 seldom attract strangers, except those who may be 

 visiting members of the hunts. 



The Cumberland and West Cumberland can be best 

 reached from Carlisle and Cockermouth respectively, 

 but south of the Lake district there is a big stretch of 

 country which contains harriers and staghounds, but 

 no foxhounds. Parts of Westmorland, the western 

 dales of Yorkshire, and the whole of Lancashire are 

 included in this country, and thus on the north-western 

 side of England it is the case that there are no 

 "countries" between the Cheshire and the hill packs 

 of the Lake country. 



The Cheshire is a big country, as it practically em- 

 braces the whole county of Cheshire and takes in a 

 little bit of Shropshire as well. The Wirral peninsula, 

 between the rivers Mersey and Dee, is given over to 



