240 Hunting Countries of England. 



througliout the East-Kent country — are stauncli;, to 

 a man. 



Among tlie more distant meets and coverts^ gener- 

 ally taken on a Friday, are Evington (Sir F. Honey- 

 wood's) in whose woods is a capital show of foxes. 

 Far away on the west of the country is the Denge, a 

 huge woodland, for which they meet at Petham or God- 

 mersham — the latter owned by Mr. Kay, an excellent 

 fox-preser\^er. Elham as a meet has Blham Park, 

 another big wood, from which good foxes are often 

 started. Next come the Covets (or Coverts ?) enor- 

 mous woods, with a fair sprinkling of foxes of late 

 years ; and Walderchain Wood — for which Woodlands 

 Breachdown is the usual fixture. White Hill is also a 

 big wood with another of like description, Grorsley 

 Wood, facing it. Trinley Park is another meet and 

 extensive covert. North of the Canterbury-and- 

 Dover road Adisham and Wingham lead to smaller 

 coverts and a lighter soil — except where, by the river 

 Stour, you may get on to the watermeadows. Hounds 

 are hardly ever taken nearer the sea, on the north, 

 than the South-Bastern Railway (to R-amsgate) — 

 except when, about once a year, meeting at the 

 Barracks at Canterbury, they go to draw Blean and 

 its vicinity. 



