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banks liigli and overlianging. The present Duke 

 of Westminster nearly lost his life when, as Lord 

 Grosvenor, he attempted, years ago, to swim it. 

 Among the best meets for this districts are Broughton 

 (where resides Mr. Howard, who has sons hunting 

 though he no longer often joins the chase himself — 

 and whose gorse has been the source of many a recent 

 good run) ; Worthenbury (where is another good 

 friend to the sport, the Rev. Theophilus Pulleston) ; 

 Ohorlton ; Garden Park, with favourite little coverts 

 of gorse and blackthorn ; Macefen, with a good 

 gorse (well preserved by the Hon. E. Kenyon, and 

 whence there is almost invariably a run) ; Farndon ; 

 and, just beyond, Aldersey (the seat of Squire 

 Aldersey), with the Aldersey Brook close, a continual 

 source of merriment and misfortune. For the Broxton 

 Hills, on the outside of the country, and joining the 

 Cheshire Hills, the meet is Edge Green; and the 

 Cheshire Hills are drawn neutrally with The Cheshire 

 as far as what is known as The Gap. 



Saturday is understood to be, as a rule, for the 

 Whitchurch side — the east of the country — where the 

 ground is more undulating, grass chiefly grown, and 

 the sport generally good. Iscoed Park (the seat of 

 Mr. Godsal, who is connected by marriage with the 

 family of Sir Watkin) is a capital meet, with good 

 coverts at hand and good foxes ensured. At Hinton 

 is Mr. Ethelston-Peel, who, like his brother, is a 

 thorough fox preserver. There are coverts round the 

 House, besides PeeFs Gorse — a certain find. Whit- 

 church is often fixed — sometimes with a view to 

 Peel's Gorse, or, it may be, for Brown's Moss (a lake 



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