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touches Lord Ferrers' country — Staunton Harrold 

 (the Master's residence) being quite contiguous. 

 Grorsty Lees (a large wood) Draketon^ Bretby Park, 

 and Foremark, are all meets and good coverts ; while 

 Walton-on-Trent is the fixture for Catton and Lulling- 

 ton. 



On a Saturday the Meynell are in their Sudbury or 

 South West country — consisting chiefly of Bagot 

 Park and part of the Forest Banks, the Blithebury 

 Coverts, Lord Bagot's Coverts round Blithfield and 

 the Kingston Woods, stretching west almost as far as 

 Lord Shrewsbury's place at Ingestre — each of these 

 names representing a meet. West still of Bagot 

 Park and Uttoxeter is Chartley Park, a wild grassy 

 upland plain, with large woods and a good gorse 

 called Fradswell Heath — or The Heath. Then there 

 is Loxley Park and its coverts near Uttoxeter, Carry 

 Coppice, Gratwick Wood, and Hand Learson Wood, 

 and the whole comprise a fine rough woodland 

 country. Chartley Park, with Chillingham, is one 

 of the only places where the wild breed of old 

 English cattle still remains. Bramshill, in the corner 

 west of Uttoxeter and above Phillips' Gorse is 

 again a very good grass country extending by 

 Checkley towards Tean into the woody part of the 

 North Stafi'ord country, and all this southern dis- 

 trict is excellent for hounds, if not delightful for 

 horsemen. 



