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curve is a meadow containing Rictard's Well — where 

 tradition has it that the King drank after the Battle of 

 Bosworth. But Shenton is the more usual meet for 

 Sutton Ambion — hounds more often being taken 

 northwards after Bosworth Park. 



Next in an eastward direction is Cadeby Gate ; and 

 close to the fixture are the Spinnies of Cadeby, also 

 Botany Bay and a number of little spots capable of 

 holding a fox. Then, as we move towards Hinckley, 

 comes Kirkby Mallory, with Kirkby Gorse and, again 

 some small copses — further drawing leading on by 

 Peckleton and Tooley Park. Normanton Turville 

 (formerly the residence of the Rev. J. Arkwright, 

 himself once Master of the Essex, and father of Mr. 

 Loftus Arkwright the last Master of that pack) has small 

 coverts round it and some more spinnies stretch up to 

 Bnderby, to the edge of the Quorn country. Earl 

 Shilton is another meet with the same intent. Turning 

 northward again, we come to Desford, with Lindridge 

 Wood (thirty or forty acres of capital covert) and 

 Nailstone Wiggs, a patch of rough growth like that of 

 a common — two nearly sure finds, and doorways to a 

 nice country round. Batby Burrows is on the borders 

 of Lord Stamford^s property, and points to the 

 territory that is neutral with the Quorn. At Barton- 

 in-the-Beans and round Bagworth, Ibstock, &c., we 

 get for the first time among the colKeries of the 

 Atherstone country. Here, however, they are scattered 

 at considerable interval, and do not interfere much 

 with the interest of foxhunting, which is carried on in 

 wild, but fairly good ground, though inferior to that of 

 the more southern Monday resorts. Shackerstone, 



