438 2he Hunting Countries of England, 



THE TYNEDALE.* 



The first association tliat_, in the mind of a stranger, 

 would naturally enougli associate itself with the Tyne, 

 is coalmining rather than foxhunting. To ask him to 

 believe that the Tynedale is the best hound-country 

 in the North of England would probably startle him 

 as something altogether incongruous. " Canny New- 

 cassel, where arle the coals come frae" keeps itself, 

 comparatively, " to itself ; " and interferes with 

 hunting but little beyond the scope of its own smoke- 

 drift. Taking train on the Newcastle and Carlisle 

 Line, you are very soon free from black dust and tall 

 chimnies ; and, running along the southern bank of 

 the beautiful woodgirt Tyne, are shortly in as purely 

 a rural scene as even the river Bxe could offer. From 

 the railway you will not see the pick of the country — 

 in a hunting sense. For that you must disembark 

 before you get opposite the Kennels ; and strike 

 northwards — the Kennels being at Stagshaw, some 

 three miles from Corbridge Station, and about 

 eighteen from Newcastle. 



Taking up your map, you will easily follow me in 



* Vide Staufoi'd's " Huntiug Maj)," Sheets 1 and 2 ; and 

 Hobsou'b Foxhunting Atlas. 



