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and directly soutli is Cubley — or, as it often appears 

 on the cards, Cubley Toll-gate, and its small but 

 certain gorse. 



At no great distance from tbis is Bentley Carr, a 

 gorse and plantation jungle — at present ratber out of 

 repair ; and eastward still we get back into the centre 

 of the Derbyshire country, and to Longford (already 

 mentioned). Two or three miles below Longford is 

 Barton Park, where Mr. F. Bradshaw (a staunch 

 friend to the Hunt) has a capital little gorse. At 

 Saperton is a strong covert in the shape of a large 

 square plantation ; and, nearer still to the Eiver Dove, 

 is Foston Hall with its coverts. Three miles west of 

 Foston lies Lord Yemenis place at Sudbury — whose 

 fine old Hall was at one time the residence of the 

 Dowager Queen Adelaide. The wide deer parks are, 

 by Lord Vernon's courtesy, at disposal for exercise of 

 the Meynell hounds and horses ; and the pack is daily 

 walked out among the deer (by no means a small or 

 useless privilege) . For the Kennels are only separated 

 from the Park by the high road ; and lie about one 

 mile from the village, and two from the station of 

 Sudbury. Almost within sound of horn from the 

 Kennels, on the north, is Sudbury Coppice, of oak 

 and underwood, and conveniently quartered by its 

 cross rides. In the Park itself there are also some 

 small spinnies. Still more to the westward. Lord 

 Waterpark has made an excellent blackthorn covert 

 in the meadows adjoining the Dove — his seat at 

 Doveridge being a frequent fixture. He has other 

 coverts, too, above the House, which extend to within 

 a short distance of Eaton Wood, which is again a 



