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certain parts of the Cambridgesliire Hunt are in 

 a wet season traversable at no quicker pace tlian 

 a walk. But it is when wettest that the ground 

 carries the truest scent ; and then it is that hounds 

 are often quicker than horses over the country. The 

 fences are not sufficient to stop either^ being merely 

 light and low thorn hedges^ with perhaps a ditch on 

 one side. Though true, this ditch is often well hid in 

 grass and weeds, and constitutes the chief difficulty 

 in the path of a rider in the earher half of the 

 season. 



Economy is another strong point of recommenda- 

 tion that must not be left without mention in any 

 analysis of foxhunting with the Cambridgeshire. 

 You require few horses — and those need be of no 

 extravagant type. Like the hound for the country, 

 one of his chief essentials is endurance. A good 

 barrel is his best feature, and an easy disposition his 

 fittest temperament. With these in his favour he 

 will take you out and bring you home more often, 

 and farther, than a more expensive conveyance in 

 most other countries. 



You may easily reach the Cambridgeshire from 

 London. Biggleswade is little more than an hour 

 from London (the Great Northern from King^s Cross) 

 by the best trains ; Cambridge an hour and a half 

 (by the Great Eastern from Liverpool- street or St. 

 Pancras) ; and either destination may be attained in 

 time to show you a good pack of hounds, whenever 

 advertisement points to their meeting near these 

 places. Huntingdon (about an hour and three- 

 quarters from King^s Cross) commands them in their 



