412 The Hunting Countries of England. 



are by no means all open to tlie soft impeacliment 

 tliat they are rabid foxhunters. On the contrary^ tbe 

 farmers are the men who cbiefly ride and bunt. Witb 

 tbem it is a sworn principle and practice, inherent and 

 maintained, and tbey are the truest friends of the 

 Hunt. 



The coverts of the Wolds are of a much larger 

 description than those found in the lower ground by 

 the sea, and there are many woods of considerable 

 size — some of the principal ones being Lockington 

 Wood, Neswick and South Dalton Woods, the coverts 

 about Londesborough, the Bygate, Bentley, and 

 Bishop Burton Woods. Mr Christopher Sykes has 

 large woods at Brantingham Thorpe, and Colonel 

 Broadley the same at Welt on. Lord Herries always 

 has plenty of foxes at his coverts at Everingham. 

 Houghton Wood is never without one ; nor are Mr. 

 Burton's coverts at Cherry Burton : and there is a 

 good wood at Etton near the Kennels. The Ray well 

 Woods are generally tenanted ; and in the hilly 

 country of Kilnwick Percy Admiral Duncombe has 

 large coverts. There are also good coverts at Arras : 

 and a fine wood at Holme. 



Among the best Wold meets are those of Sunder- 

 landwick, Neswick, Arras, and Etton Kennels, with 

 Everingham Park, which is amid flat low ground and 

 in as good a country as any part of Holderness. 

 Beverley Grand Stand is occasionally advertised as a 

 kind of holiday-meet for the people of Beverley. 

 There is, however, nice country near Beverley and 

 Scorboro', where Mr. Hall lived for so long. 



Between the foot of the Wolds and Howden is a 



