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limits^ in themselves rather indefinite as touching the 

 Wakerly (or north-westerly) corner^ are inaccurately 

 put by the wielder of Mr. Stanford's paintbrush who, 

 having no natural, or accidental, boundary to follow 

 here has considerably curtailed the Pytchley territory. 

 Glapthorne Pastures is the extreme point to which 

 they can draw on the north-east. The Bulwick 

 Woods are Pytchley ; Laxton Wood is neutral with 

 the Fitzwilliam, and Wakerley Wood contains 

 a line beyond which the Pytchley right is not 

 recognised. 



The Kennels, as above-mentioned, are at Brigstock, 

 a capital central point. But for the summer months 

 Lord Spencer moves his hounds to Althorp Park. 

 For cubhunting purposes the Pytchley Proper main- 

 tain their right to bring their pack into the wood- 

 lands ; and, as a matter of arrangement. Lord Spencer 

 has the privilege of teaching his young hounds near 

 home. 



Kettering, Thrapston, Oundle and Market Harboro* 

 are the points from which the Woodland Pytchley are 

 best met. But, beyond the early autumn and late 

 spring, Harboro' generally turns its attention else- 

 where j and, though the other three may invite 

 visitors, as a point of fact few come and the field 

 remains a small and almost purely local one. Kettering 

 being only about two hours from London, and having 

 a choice between the grass on one side and the 

 rougher country on the other, might well be fixed 

 upon as a good hunting quarter. Thrapston is a 

 frequent landing point for Cambridge undergraduates, 

 with a view either to the Woodland Pytchley or the 

 Fitzwilliam, — representatives from which latter pack 



