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huntsman (who^ by tlie way, is the Master) and staff, 

 there is nothing for it but to tether horses and climb 

 about the hillside on foot. Cliff-born foxes, found 

 inland, naturally rush back at once to their native 

 fastness; and were the huntsman ever so bent on 

 slaughter, he would find spade and terrier only useless 

 toys against such a stronghold. 



Any attempt to enumerate by name the coverts of 

 the East Sussex would be a work to puzzle the 

 Ordnance Survey Department, and, even if achieved, 

 would be useless to a visitor, and confusing to any but 

 a second whip of many years' service in the country. 

 Hop poles are grown and shooting-coverts maintained 

 all over the country. The names of a few of the 

 principal land-and-covert-owners — north, south, east, 

 and west — will suffice in some degree to classify the 

 resorts of the fox. Lord Ashburnham alone has some 

 ten thousand acres of property very strongly wooded. 

 The Master and Mr. Adamson own the principal woods 

 in the north. In the south are Mr. Papillon at Crow- 

 hurst, and the Duke of Cleveland at Battle Abbey. 

 In the East are Sir A. Ashburnham of Broomham, 

 who is con amove the secretary of the Hunt, the Misses 

 Brisco, of Coghurst, and Mr. Shadwell of Fairhght 

 Hall. Westward are Lord Ashburnham, Mr. Curteis 

 of Windmill Hill (a former Master), Sir. T. Brassey at 

 Normanhurst, and Mr. C. A. Egerton at Mountfield 

 (another previous Master) . 



The meets may be summarised in the same way. 

 The best recognised ones in the north are Northiam, 

 Broad Oak, Cripp's Corner, and Udimore. To the 

 south are St. Leonard's Green, Bulverhythe, Westfield 



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