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liad to surround it with nets and catch up several 

 brace), and Lord Spencer^s Covert. The existence of 

 the splendid gorse of Watford is threatened by the 

 new line of railway under construction by the L. & 

 N. W. Ry. 



Friday and Saturday with the Pytchley alternate 

 with each other, in falling one week on the Weedon, 

 the next on the Harboro^ side. Thus, if Friday^s 

 fixture is named for the Harboro' neighbourhood, 

 Weedon is credited with a meet on the Saturday — 

 and vice versa. 



Weedon is on the main line of the L. and N.W. 

 Railway; and, without offering so free a choice of 

 trains as Rugby, is nearer to London, easily reached, 

 and can give you as much hunting as you desire. 

 Besides the Pytchley, it has the Duke of Grafton's 

 pack at its gates, the Bicester running close up with 

 their most favoured strip of country, the Warwick- 

 shire within comfortable reach, and the North War- 

 wickshire to be met near Rugby once a fortnight. 



The Weedon portion of the Pytchley country may 

 be defined as included in the points of Northampton, 

 Weedon, Badby, Braunston, Ravensthorpe, and Brix- 

 wc>rth. Among the coverts of this district Badby 

 AVood stands out as a grand stronghold for foxes. 

 Much of the country round it carries a good scent; 

 though across Burrow Hill (to look for exception) 

 hounds often find it difficult to run hard. Braunston 

 Gorse, again, is a splendid covert of a different type — 

 being of artificial growth (and of course of limited 

 size) and planted to overlook the tempting valley 

 spreading to Shuckburgh, or, wider still, to the 



