The Belvoir. 



THE BELVOIR.* 



OtTE first sketch deals witli wliat is undoubtedly a 

 good country in every sense of tlie term ; and one 

 wliicli, perhaps, of all others, admits of an individual 

 enjoying and sharing in hunting of the highest class 

 without necessarily binding him to great extravagance 

 of either time or money. The magnificent Belvoir 

 pack is open, on the one hand, to the Meltonian — 

 with the extensive stud that is almost a sine qua non 

 to the residence in Melton — or is still more constantly 

 and readily available to whoever may choose Grantham 

 as his resting place. Grantham is a neat little town 

 of about 5000 inhabitants, situate in the very midst 

 of the Duke of Rutland^ s Hunt and replete with 

 every convenience for the hunting man. It lies some 

 six miles from the beautiful Castle of Belvoir, and 

 consequently from the Kennels ; while almost all the 

 meets are within a radius of ten or a dozen miles. In 

 two hours and thirty-five minutes from King^s Cross 

 the Great Northern Eailway (according to Mr. 

 Jorrocks, the best covert hack in England) will land 

 you at Grantham; but unless you are hardy and 

 vigorous enough to leave London at 5 a.m., you will 

 find it more convenient to employ the iron horse to 



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



