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of Linwood — North Wood, Bleasby Wood, and 

 Eleanor Wood are tlie cliief of these, and lie on 

 sandy and hilly ground. The neutral zone extends 

 by Grersby, South Elkington, Welton, and North 

 Blkington, the easterly portion consisting, as before- 

 mentioned, altogether of open wold. 



On Fridays the South Wold are in their Spilsby 

 district. Owing to fen and marsh they are shut off 

 from hunting at any distance from that town to the 

 south or east : consequently all their Friday meets lie 

 north or west of it. If we commence on the west- 

 ward, these are Enderby Cross Roads (or more 

 frequently Raithby) for the plantations of Enderby 

 and Keal and Raithby Grorse — and a fox from any of 

 these three should adopt as pleasant a line as in the 

 runs just instanced. Harrington is a meet, and the 

 Harrington and Langton Coverts might hold foxes 

 enough to allow it to be almost a weekly one. Of 

 late years a speedy adjournment has usually been 

 made to Mr. Burton^s two coverts at Somersby, 

 known as New England and Burton Gorse, and which 

 have been quite the saving clause of this part of the 

 country. Ormsby is the rendezvous for Ormsby 

 Wood and Dryby Carr, whence hounds generally 

 draw on towards Thoresby and the big woods over- 

 looking the Marsh. Ulceby Cross Roads is chosen as 

 a usual fixture for the woods of Well Vale, Rigsby 

 and Haugh. From Well Yale foxes almost always 

 persist in running into Welton Wood, a covert of 300 

 acres in extent, from which they may sometimes be 

 persuaded to break on towards Gunby and Boothby. 

 Greenfield and Woodthorpe are for the lower woods 



