154 Hunting Countries of England. 



THE ATHEESTONE.* 



A LARGE and varied country, witli lialf its area in 

 Leicestershire, half in Warwickshire ; Coventry and 

 Kugby mark its southern margin, Lutterworth is on 

 its eastern boundary. It runs almost up to Leicester 

 at its north-east corner ; and Nuneaton is its centre. 

 It touches the North Warwickshire in the south, the 

 Pytchley, Mr. Tailby^s and the Quorn along the east, 

 the Quorn again and the Meynell on the north, and 

 the South Staffordshire on the west. 



Where it adjoins the Quorn on the north-east, a large 

 strip (between Bardon and Grooby) should have been 

 entered on the map in neutral colours, being the 

 common property of the Quorn and the Atherstone. 

 For the Atherstone have the right of drawing all the 

 Bradgate Woods, and even half of Swithland Wood 

 — though their title (independently of game con- 

 siderations) does not include cub-hunting. 



The Atherstone hunt four days in the week ; and for 

 this purpose divide their country about as follows — 



Monday is credited to the Market Bosworth neigh- 

 bourhood ; and includes the district to the north of 

 Hinckley. 



* Vide " Stanford's Large Scale Map," sheets 9 and 15 ; also 

 " Hobson's Foxhunting Atlas." 



