430 The Hunting Countries of England, 



THE DUKE OE BUCCLEUCH'S.* 



Part of Northumberland^ all Roxburgh^ part of 

 Berwickshire and all Selkirk go to make up tbe 

 territory now bunted by tbe Duke of Buccleuch's 

 bounds — forming altogetber an area some forty-iive 

 miles across, eitber way. Tbe Holderness is a big 

 country ; but tbe Duke\s leaves it in insignificance. 

 At first sigbt it would appear marvellous bow a five- 

 <iays-a-week pack can deal witb sucb an extent of 

 ground. But steam power, if it cannot, like elec- 

 tricity, altogetber ignore distance, can at least modify 

 it; and a bandy railway offers covert- conveyance to 

 tbe more remote points. It is only tbis year (1880) 

 tbat bis Grace bas added Englisb ground to bis 

 Scotcb dominion — tbe dissolution of tbe Northumber- 

 land and Berwick Hunt baving led to tbat country 

 being absorbed in tbree sections, by tbe North 

 Berwickshire, Lord Percy, and the Duke respec- 

 tively. 



The basins of the Tweed and the Teviot virtually 

 form his present bunting-ground — which, in its main 

 characteristics, will be found much alike on eitber 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheets 1 and 2. Also 

 Hobson's Foxhunting Atlas, and Rutherford's Border Map. 



