408 The Himiing Countries of England. 



Tlie Holderness does not come under the head of a 

 *^ cold-sceuting country." For a plough country it 

 carries an exceptionally good scent ; and hounds can 

 generally work their way well whether on the lower 

 area of Holderness proper or on the Wolds — the two 

 sections offering very distinct descriptions of ground, 

 as will be shown below. The late Mr. Hall, who had 

 the pack for nearly thirty years, was most particular 

 about legs and feet ; and the hounds could stand any 

 amount of work — coming home sound and compara- 

 tively fresh, even after being twelve or fourteen hours 

 out of kennel. He got his blood entirely from three 

 packs, viz., the Belvoir, Brocklesby, and Burton. 

 The season immediately following his death, they 

 hunted one hundred times with only fifty-one couple 

 in kennel ; and notwithstanding the long distances 

 were never short of hounds. And cubhuntiug did 

 not begin till the last week in September. 



The Holderness country is, perhaps, larger in extent 

 than any other in England; and the Hunt has been going 

 uninterruptedly for more than a century — having been 

 first established by a Constable, an ancestor of the 

 present LordHerries. Hull is its chief present source 

 of support ; Beverley is the best resting place for the 

 visitor. By road or train every meet can be reached 

 from these places ; and the Humber crossed occa- 

 sionally for a day with the Brocklesby. From London 

 you are landed at either town in four or five hours. 

 Etton near Beverley is the site of the Kennels — Mr. 

 Arthur Wilson last season assuming the reins of 

 government. 



For practical purposes the country may be treated 



