52 The Hunting Countries of England, 



to Brafferton to draw tlie Spring Wood and S essay- 

 Wood, with Pilmoor (a rough moor) close by. Sessay 

 or Raskelf may also be named for the same draws ; 

 while, meeting at Thirkleby Park (Sir William Gal- 

 way's) they are likely to get back to the large woods 

 of Sessay and Brafferton. 



The Southern meets on a Saturday are Naburn, 

 Escrick Park (Lord Wenlock's), Moreby Hall (Mr. 

 Preston's)^ Riccall, and Osgodby — all for the same 

 chain of big woods (aforementioned) and Skipwith 

 Common — a seven hundred acre waste, altogether 

 uncultivated. An occasional meet on the confines of 

 the Country, and close to the border of Lord Middle- 

 ton's and the Holderness, is Melbourne Hall, where 

 Mr. Christy has some nice coverts — after drawing 

 which hounds must work back in the afternoon to the 

 woodlands. 



