Sb4< The Hunting Countries of England. 



days a week with tlie Berkeley, to take train 

 occasionally. Cheltenham (the properties of which as 

 a hunting-quarter have already been touched upon 

 under the head of the Cotswold country) commands all 

 the northern meets of Lord Fitzhardinge ; while Tet- 

 bury, in the Duke^s country, is within riding distance 

 of many of the Berkeley fixtures. The former places 

 are each about three hour^s journey from London 

 (Paddington) . Tetbury, being half a dozen miles from 

 a railway station, takes a little longer to reach. 



The usual days of hunting are Monday, Tuesday, 

 Thursday, and Saturday; and when the season has 

 fairly set in they are, as regards the Yale, generally 

 distributed much as follows — Monday takes the 

 southern or Almondsbury district, for such a meet as 

 the Lamb-and-Flag, Henbury — whence they go to 

 Blaize Castle or the Berwick Woods (a capital strong- 

 hold), or else to Kings Weston, just above the rheens. 

 The Swan at Almondsbury is another common meet, 

 generally for the marsh and its withy beds. Meeting 

 at Stoke, they draw the small coverts of Stoke Park, 

 and on probably to the North Woods and Mr. Bush's 

 coverts; while from Alveston-Ship they have Hay 

 Wood, a good-sized covert of Mr. Lippincott's. 



Tuesday is for the other end of the country — the 

 pleasant Tewkesbury and Gloucester district, where 

 fair hedge-and-ditch fences, with few strong binders 

 and less timber, help a horse to sail along as fast as 

 hounds will take him. Tewkesbury Park, with small 

 goo'd coverts round, is one of the most northerly and 

 notable meets. Then there is The Hare-and-Hounds 

 on the Gloucester road, whence they may go either to 



