306 The Hunting Countries of England. 



Mr. Chadwick, hon. sec. to the Hunt, is named ; and 

 from here they are likely to draw Galleypot, the 

 principal covert in the vale (a nice gorse), whence 

 a fox will often lead them a turn over the lower level 

 before heading for the hills. The hill of Dumbleton, 

 rising by itself out of the vale, has a good wood 

 belonging to Mr. Kettlewell, where there are always 

 many foxes. Between here and Hailes Wood is Shut- 

 comb and Great Grove (Lord Sudeley^s) ; and close to 

 Somerville Aston is Leasow-Brakes. 



Saturday as above-mentioned takes in the Warwick- 

 shire corner, hunted in alternate months by the North 

 Cotswold and The Warwickshire. Admington itself 

 (which lies in the heart of the splendid strip of vale 

 already alluded to) is a Warwickshire meet ; but some 

 of Mr. Holland- Corbett's coverts, Lower Stoke Wood, 

 &c., are drawn by both packs. Meon Hill close by 

 (Mr. T. Cradock^s) gives the best chance of a dip into 

 this vale, and has some most useful little coverts about 

 it. For the rest of the neutral territory, to wit. Stoke 

 Wood, Mickleton Wood, and various smaller places, 

 the ordinary fixture is Hidcote Quarries, or occasionally 

 Mickleton. Blockley is for Paxford Blakemoor; and 

 from the noted W^eston Park (which is the property of 

 Lord Gainsborough) they may work either on hill or 

 vale. In the latter case they are likely to find them- 

 selves at Norton Gorse. Springhill Lodges is for the 

 hill and a number of small coverts, of which West 

 Gorse is probably the first draw. 



