204 The Hunting Countries of England. 



THE EAEL OE RADNOR'S.* 



LoNGPOED Castle, tlie seat of Lord Kadnor, being 

 close to Salisbury _, bis lordsbip bas for tbe last eleven 

 or twelve years kept a pack of foxbounds to bunt tbe 

 downs and woodlands of tbe neigbbourbood. Tbe 

 Soutb Wilts, on tbe occasion of its amalgamation witb 

 tbe West Wilts, banded over to bim an extensive 

 tract on tbe soutb- west of Salisbury as far as tbe 

 borders of tbe East Dorset ; tbe Tedwortb gave bim 

 a piece of country on tbe east of tbe catbedral city 

 (up to tbe vicinity of Stockbridge) ; and tbe New 

 Forest contributed ground as far as Downton on tbe 

 left bank of tbe Avon and Harb ridge on tbe rigbt. 

 Altogetber, witb tbe advantage of strong coverts 

 almost innumerable, bis lordsbip bas ample ground 

 for tbree days a week — for wbicb be keeps some five 

 and forty couple of bounds. Tbe pack, tbougb of 

 comparatively recent creation, possesses strengtb and 

 substance in a marked degree ; and is also said to 

 make tbe most of a country in wbicb, witbout power 

 of nose and steady perseverance, a foxbound can 

 acbieve but little. Its early blood was derived cbiefly 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheet 21, and Hobson's 

 Foxbunting Atlas. 



