2 The Hunting Countries of England. 



individual, and his stud, will find themselves most at 

 liome. 



Army men especially are often puzzled to fix upon 

 the scene of their two or three months' sport. They 

 would frequently prefer to vary their sphere of action ; 

 but as their term of leave is limited, they cannot 

 afford the risk of disappointment in trying new 

 ground. Often, too, their stud is weak in numbers; 

 they wish to make the most of it, but do not care to 

 throw their lot in where, if unable to hunt every day, 

 they would find themselves left more or less in the 

 lurch. For this reason they must follow the chase 

 either within reach of their own neighbourhood and 

 connections, or within reasonable distance of their 

 Club and the resources of Town. 



City men in the same way can seldom afford to 

 devote themselves for long together to the more 

 isolating phases of the sport. They are fain to divide 

 their time, in such proportion as they may, between 

 the two rival divinities whom they serve. The dusty 

 shrine in Lombard-street has as strong a claim upon 

 them as the sylvan grove of Faunus; and for each 

 hour in the merry company of the goat-like deity they 

 must devote two to the golden calf. 



It has long been received as an apothegm, that 

 when you are in London you are within reach of 

 everywhere else ; and so, in dealing with each country, 

 it will be assumed that London is the base from 

 which the inquirer intends to start. For the route 

 thence to any point is a direct and easy one. To 

 master cross-country travel by groping through the 

 maze of Bradshaw and local map must be left to the 



