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round Frowleswortli, Sharnford^ Leir, &c._, being com- 

 pletely wasted for want of a covert ! (Since this was 

 written I learn that a new covert has been formed in 

 this fine ground.) 



Burbage Wood is advertised for the great good 

 stronghold of that name, and its linked neighbour 

 Aston Firs. These woods take a good deal of draw- 

 ing, and cannot be drawn too often. There is a 

 capital country round them in almost every direc- 

 tion; and if you can stick to hounds there, and 

 when they leave it, you will see sport frequent and 

 excellent. 



Twelveacres is, perhaps, the nicest covert in the 

 whole of the Atherstone Hunt. It is a wooded fast- 

 ness on the Watling Street Eoad ; and famous runs 

 have been credited to it, over the fine large grazing 

 lands stretching to Lutterworth, or Misterton (in the 

 Pytchley country) ; and it is an afternoon draw from 

 Bitteswell, Newnham, or Coton. I know of no better 

 chance for hounds — or for horsemen — than when the 

 former start fairly thence on a fox with their heads 

 pointed southwards or westwards. Both must be on 

 their mettle then — for it is Leicestershire in its purest 

 sense. Newnham Paddox is another pleasant fixture 

 — a lawn meet, and good coverts all round the domain, 

 including a gorse and many little woods. Coal Pit 

 Lane, as it is called, borders the Newnham estates, has 

 a spinney running up all its length, and leads to 

 Wolvey Gorse. Three Pots is the meet nearest Nun- 

 eaton, and, after its spinnies, has Wolvey Gorse and 

 the Newnham Coverts most handy. Or from a meet 

 at Wolvey Village the programme may be varied by a 



