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Perhaps tlie most sporting and best scenting part of 

 tlie wliole of Mr. Combe's country is the Woolmer 

 and Brimstone district in the far south — chiefly rough 

 and hilly forest ground, over which the H.H. and 

 Lord Leconfield still maintain a right. Two strong 

 bits of vale run outwards from the Woolmer Forest, 

 viz., the Hartley Vale (from Brimstone to Hartley 

 Wood in the H.H. country), and the Liss Vale (from 

 the Forest southwards towards Petersfield). These 

 two, with the little Wanborough Vale, running under 

 the Hog^s Back from Ash to Gruildford, form almost 

 the whole of the lowland of the Hunt. 



The Kennels are on Mr. Combers property at 

 Pierrepont, some three miles from Farnham — the town 

 being three miles from Aldershot, and less than an 

 hour and a halfs journey by L. and S.W.E. from 

 Waterloo Station. North and South of Pierrepont 

 the country runs for about a dozen miles, as the crow 

 flies — though its width is nowhere more than five or 

 six. Immediately round Pierrepont itself, woods and 

 heath stretch for miles, in some directions uninter- 

 ruptedly. The hounds are of excellent blood — being 

 in the first instance composed of drafts from many 

 leading kennels, such as the Grove, Lord Ports- 

 mouth, the Milton, Quorn, &c. During the last two 

 seasons Mr. Combe has been able to put forward an 

 entry of home breeding nearly equal to his require- 

 ments. 



The days of hunting are Tuesday and Friday in the 

 one week, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday in the 

 next — the usual rule being, Monday or Tuesday near 

 home, Wednesday in the upper country by or about 



