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gorse for its coverts : and almost all tlie gorse coverts 

 are at the present moment laid waste by the severe 

 frosts of the last two winters. Pierceb ridge is a very- 

 leading meet — with Fanny Barks^ and several little 

 gorses, to draw. Heighington, too^ is a very 

 attractive feature — with Redworth Whin, Sim 

 Pastures, Wilkinson's Whin, and the Grey stones 

 Whin, all good gorse coverts. Selaby is for the Selaby 

 Woods ; and Legs Across, on a little eminence above 

 the level of the vale^ has the gorse of Toytop^ and the 

 plantation and whin of Trundlemire. The coverts in 

 this district are all quite small — the Houghton Planta- 

 tions, which may be reached from nearly any Tuesday 

 meet, being the largest. There are_, by the way, but 

 few water jumps — properly so called, either in the 

 Tuesday country, or elsewhere in the Hunt, though 

 broken and often wooded streams are frequent. 



Thursday is usually for the Yorkshire Yale — 

 Halnaby way_, so to define it — perhaps the stilfest 

 country to ride over in the Hunt. Among the meets 

 is Manfield, for the whin of that name — a nice 

 covert. Cliff e (where lives Col. Wilson) has the 

 Cliff e Woods. Halnaby (Mr. Wilson Todd's) is for 

 the Halnaby and Clavaux coverts (most useful little 

 woods). Stan wick Park, the residence of the 

 Duchess of Northumberland, has coverts round it ; 

 Sedbury (Mr. Gilpin Brown's), with its plantations 

 and privet, is quite a nursery for foxes ; and 

 Middleton Lodge (Mr. Backhouse's) is another meet 

 to be noted. 



On a Saturday hounds are taken to the far end of 

 the country — to the west of Barnard Castle and Baby 



