F^RT II 



THE NORTH WARWICKSHIRE.* 



A COUNTRY of which much less is heard than it deserves 

 is the North Warwickshire. Parts of it are superla- 

 tively good ; and all of it is worth hunting in. Two 

 hours of railway will bring you to it from London ; 

 and set you down either at Leamington or Rugby — its 

 two most fashionable commanding points. Leaming- 

 ton has many attractions, varied by hunting. Rugby 

 offers hunting, undiluted. At Leamington you may 

 wear out as many pumps as tops; you must be as 

 carefully got up as at Melton — but it is not by any 

 means incumbent on you to ride as hard, that you may 

 be a worthy citizen. At Rugby you may get up a 

 quiet rubber after hunting ; but to arrange your route, 

 by road or rail, for next day's hunting will be your 

 usual after-dinner occupation — for hunt you must, 

 though often at a distance. At Leamington you have 

 the choice of two packs, the one under discussion, and 

 the Warwickshire. Rugby stands in a nook whereat 

 the North Warwickshire, Atherstone, and Pitchley 



* Vide "Stanford's Large Scale Map," Sheet 15; also "Hobson's 

 Foxhunting Atlas." 



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