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an earlier — season than falls to tlie lot of most masters. 

 Ilderton is a favourite meet, for whicli hounds come 

 overniglit to the kennels at Powburn_, and from which 

 they have whins and hills to draw, as well as the dell 

 of Roddam Dean. From Ingram they look for a fox 

 among the " glitters " {Anglice, stones and boulders), 

 and may draw on to Percy's Cross or go to Glanton 

 Pike (a fine large gorse on the hillside) . There are 

 good coverts at Burton — the meet being there, or 

 at Trewitt (Sir W. Armstrong's) where many new 

 plantations have been made. Thrunton Crag is a place 

 that might fairly be drawn every day of the week — 

 being some miles of wooded rocky hill. 



Lord Percy's newly acquired country (Section E in 

 our classification) is of a somewhat rough description. 

 Here they ma}^ meet at Belford, to draw north — by 

 Middleton Hall, Detchant, and Kyloe. These are all 

 large woods, composing the only real woodland in that 

 part of the country. On the other hand, they may 

 meet at Beal, with a view to working homewards. 

 Speaking generally, the whole of this district is made 

 up of woodland and moorland. Doddington is a likely 

 meet — or Ford, for Lady Waterford's home coverts. 

 A good deal of whin grows here, as also on Fenton 

 Hill (Mr. F. Lambton's property and place of resi- 

 dence). At Horton Hill are plantations and gorses, 

 belonging to Mr. G. Culley of Fowberry. 



All that now remains to be mentioned of Lord 

 Percy's territory is the uppermost part of the country, 

 which he is to visit once a month (the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch and Major Baillie-Hamilton — of the Berwick- 

 shire — engaging to do the same). To do this hounds 

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