118 The Hunting Countries of England, 



Lord Ebury^s), Cliandler^s^ and Chorley Wood Com- 

 mon. The Duke of Bedford owns a good deal of 

 property near the last-named place and Chenies ; and 

 one of his tenants generally has a fox in Weedon^s 

 Gorse and Fox Wood. Mr. Gilliatt^s Gorse is also a 

 valuable covert, and so is Bottom Wood. 



The stations of King^s Langley, Boxmoor_, Berk- 

 hampstead, and Tring (L. & N. W. R.) all command 

 meets of the O.B.H. Mr. Longman has built new 

 kennels at his place at Shendish (midway between 

 the two first-named stations) j and within a small 

 radius from the kennels are the meets of Chipperfield 

 Common_, Bovingdon Green, Layhill Common, Whelp- 

 ley Hill, Ashley Green, Haresfoot and Wiggington 

 Common. The master has good coverts of his own ; 

 and ScatterelPs and Woodman^s Wood do credit to 

 the same neighbourhood, with good foxes. Near 

 Layhill Common, Lord Chesham provides the very 

 useful covert of Cowcroft ; and Haresfoot, though not 

 quite so productive of late, has generally furnished 

 the needful animal. And this part of their country is 

 rather more open than most of the O.B.H. 



A little more apart from the lines of railway, but 

 within easy riding reach of Watford, is the Amersham 

 district — in which Mr. T. Drake, of Shardeloes, and 

 Lord Chelsham are the principal covert owners. 

 About Missenden and Wendover the country is hilly, 

 flinty, and wild, but generally affords sport. Among 

 the meets hereabouts are the Black Horse Amersham, 

 Penn Street Church, Tyler's Green Penn, Peterley 

 Manor, Chesham Poor's- Common, Charteridge, Little 

 Missenden, Missenden Abbey, and Nag's Head Great 



