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Wednesday is in tlie Appleby district, and points 

 to the district between Tamwortb and Ashby-de-la- 

 Zoucb. 



Friday is for the Rugby country, and means tbe 

 goodly tract south of Hinckley and westward as far as 

 the Coventry and Nuneaton road. 



Saturday is spent on the Birmingham side, i.e., 

 within the points of Tamworth, Coleshill, and 

 Coventry. 



The Kennels are at Witherley, about a mile from 

 Atherstone (just within the borders of Leicestershire), 

 are admirably situated for hunting the country, and 

 possess the advantage of being close to a good railway 

 station. Mr. Oakeley hunts the countrj^ in almost 

 princely style. 



The Friday, or Rugby, country is undoubtedly the 

 pick of the Atherstone domain. On a Monday they 

 go over some neat and pretty ground, to the south- 

 west of Leicester; but on a Friday they must be all 

 day in a land that is passing fair. Indeed, Rugby, as 

 a hunting quarter, has the exceptional advantage of 

 commanding the choicest portions of no less than 

 four, or even five, Hunts. We have spoken of Rugby 

 already, under the heads of the Pytchley and North 

 Warwickshire : but there is no unnecessary repetition 

 in averring that few places have such excellence of 

 choice and variety as are to be found here — in hunting 

 with Mr. Tailby's on Monday, the Pytchley on 

 Wednesday, the North Warwickshire, or the War- 

 wickshire, on Thursday, and the Atherstone on 

 Friday ; while for Tuesday or Saturday there may be 

 the Quorn, the Atherstone or the Pytchley within 



