230 The Hunting Countries of England, 



Close to Worcester is SpetcHey Park, where Mr. 

 Berkeley has very good coverts ; and there are also 

 the Worcester Woods, including Nunnery Wood and 

 Perry Wood, the property of Mr. Parker, who, 

 though no longer a hunting man, preserves most 

 heartily. 



Wednesday is the one day derivable from the wide 

 extent of ground lying west of the Severn, where 

 there are such meets as Crown East for Mr. BramwelVs 

 good coverts and Cotheridge (Mr. Berkeley's) ; 

 Ockeridge Wood and Monk Wood of Lord Dudley's, 

 and Shrawley of Mr. Yernon's. From Holt up to 

 Bewdley Forest, it should be noted is all a compara- 

 tively light soil — best when very wet. Towards the 

 Teme, again, it is rough and hilly, as above mentioned. 

 Sapey Bridge is a meet from which they draw the 

 Whitbourne Coverts for a fox. Ham Bridge is for 

 Sir Francis Winnington's coverts; and to the north 

 hounds sometimes get as far as Pensax, and its rough 

 dingles. Bewdley Forest is a kind of No Man's Land 

 — a great rough place, where a pack of hounds might 

 lose itself. It has, indeed, extent enough for a wood- 

 land pack of its own, but hounds are seldom seen 

 there. 



Friday is for the north and east ; and attracts the 

 Birmingham contingent, which goes to make up the 

 field to something larger than its ordinary very limited 

 dimensions. Together with many great woods, this 

 side the country has some open strips, such as the 

 nice tract that surrounds, to a distance of three or 

 four miles. Burrow Hill and Bradley Green. A 

 frequent meet is Woodcote Green, neutral with the 



