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tumble opinion there is no covert in tlie Shires to com- 

 pare with Hillmorton Gorse — when (as it always has of 

 late) it holds a fox that will go, no matter where. Let 

 him choose what direction he please, he must give a 

 run over a smooth grass country, such as they would 

 be glad of even in Meath. Bunker's Hill is another 

 splendid starting point, when (as has not happened of 

 late) there is a fox to face the vale below, and to fill the 

 Leame, as it and the Hillmorton Brook ever consider 

 their due. [Mr. Stanford's colouring brush, by the 

 way, has carried the North "Warwickshire no farther 

 than Hillmorton Village, instead of to the Old Watling- 

 street-road, near which the covert lies, and near which 

 the men of the Hunt are so prone to bathe in their own 

 waters.] 



Eough, but very sporting, is the character of all the 

 interior of the North -W. country — carrying an 

 excellent scent, not overburdened with foxes, yet 

 blessed with fair and consistent sport. 



The North Warwickshire first took the position of 

 a separate hunt about the beginning of the century, 

 under Lord Anson. After again reverting to the 

 parent establishment (the Warwickshire), it once more 

 became a distinct country, till, having passed through 

 various hands, it at length came under the mastership 

 of Mr. Lant — who still holds the reins. The present 

 Kennels are at Milverton, a mile or two out of 

 Leamington ; but the lease having expired, it is in 

 contemplation to erect new ones near Kenilworth ; and 

 it is said that the requisite land has already been pur- 

 chased from Lord Clarendon. 



Their days of meeting are arranged thus. The 

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