The Broekleshy. 33 



THE BEOCKLESBY.* 



So many o£ tlie previous remarks as to conformation 

 and requirements of country apply equally to tlie 

 Brocklesby as to tlie Soutli Wold^ tliat^ instead of 

 repeating tliem^ it will merely be necessary to point 

 out en passant those to wliicli we refer. It will be 

 remembered that we described the Marsh and the 

 Wolds as running side by side up to the Humber. 

 The Brocklesby country includes also the other two 

 parallel sections in the formation of North Lincoln- 

 shire, to wit, the Cliff and the Intermediate Yale. 

 But wide as is its extent on paper, its hunting area is 

 in practice virtually narrowed to little more than the 

 Wold and the Marsh. For down the centre of this 

 Intermediate Yalley, between the Wold and the Cliff, 

 runs the Ankholm Eiver or New Navigation Canal ; 

 and westward of this hounds are seldom advertised 

 to meet — Kirton Station and Grayingham being 

 among the exceptions. Again, the North East 

 portion of the vale — near the mouth of the canal, is 

 rendered unserviceable by the presence of large open 

 drains. 



What has already been said regarding the character 



* Vide " Stanford's Railway and Hunting Map," sheet 10. 

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