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west of Huntingdon — as shown on that map. Holme- 

 wood House^ Gidding Windmill,, Sawtiy Tollbar^ 

 Aversley Wood and Luton Village are other meets 

 in Saturday's country; and from Barnwell Wold 

 westward there are excellent gorses and coverts 

 of every description, such as Gidding Grove, Hem- 

 mington Spinneys, Little Gidding Gorse, Gidding 

 Cow Pasture, and Sawtrey Gorse. They had a 

 great evening run from the first-named covert about 

 the middle of February last. Eather than score 

 a bad day^s sport, the Master decided on putting 

 hounds into covert once more at 4.20 p.m. For- 

 tunately, their fox put, and kept, his head straight 

 for kennels. They ran right to Alwalton ; and at six 

 o^ clock were glad to whip the hounds off — though 

 one of the field, only a short distance away down 

 wind, was striving in vain to signal them to where 

 their fox was barely crawling across a road. Wash- 

 ingley Coverts too, are very good; but belong more 

 to the Orton, or Monday country. More to the south 

 are Solom Wood, Flittermere Gorse and Buckworth 

 Woods. Nearest to Huntingdon are Ellington Gorse 

 and the large coverts belonging to Lord Chesham — 

 MouFs Wood (over 1000 acres), Archer^s, Copping- 

 ford, Upton, and Aversley Woods, where foxes are 

 wild and good. Game is not allowed to shoulder them 

 out; and, towards the end of the season especially, 

 good runs from here are frequent. Holme Wood 

 (Mr. WelFs) deserves special mention as a strong- 

 hold. Foxes from this covert have of late taken a 

 great fancy for running down into the fens, where it 

 is next to impossible to follow them for any distance. 



