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wood near the Kennels at Greenhill, two miles from 

 Warminster). Monday^ when the season has fairly 

 set in, is given to the south of the country for the 

 Fovant district (where the railway and the river 

 Nadder run together down to Salisbury) or for the 

 cherished " Knoyle Yale.^^ In the former case 

 hounds can be thrown at once into the Wardour 

 Castle woodlands, or, if wind and weather seem pro- 

 pitious, to the gorses on the hill top adjoiniug. The 

 ordinary meets are Wardour Castle, Sutton Mande- 

 ville, Dinton, Fovant-Hut and Eacecourse, Fonthill 

 and Wyncombe Park ; while the best fixtures of the 

 vale are East and West Knoyle, Sedgehill, and 

 Semley Station, with some nice little woods under 

 the Knoyles. 



The best run on record during the present Master's 

 administration took place after a meet at Semley some 

 few seasons ago. Finding at Beckles Cliff, they ran 

 nearly to Cranborne Chace, back into the home 

 country by Alvediston, up the valley towards Wilton, 

 and killed at Tisbury, after a run of two hours and 

 forty-five minutes — in which hounds are computed to 

 have run fully seventeen miles. 



Friday, the remaining hunting-day, is looked upon 

 as belonging to Salisbury Plain and the downs; 

 though the Wiley valley is very frequently the scene 

 of the meet, and there is a nice wood at Heytesbury, 

 besides some withybeds by the riverside. Thus 

 Heytesbury, Codford, and Fisherton are common 

 fixtures; while on the downs are Maddington, 

 Shrewton, Elston Farm, and Chittern Ban. Great 

 Ridge and Groveley, on the opposite downs, are more 



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