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more than one living person (die present Master as an 

 instance), that a man may be at the death of a fox, 

 shoot a grouse or partridge or woodcock, and kill a 

 salmon, all on the same day. The Usk on the west of 

 the country, the Wye and the Monnow on the east, 

 provide salmon and otter ; while the heather-topped 

 heights of the Sugarloaf Mountain and its western 

 neighbours are excellent grouse ground. Abergavenny 

 itself — close to which is the Master's residence of Nant 

 Oer — is admirably situated for all these phases of 

 sport. The kennels are at its gates, the Usk runs past 

 its walls, and the grouse hills almost overhang it. On 

 the more huntable side of the country — as opposed to 

 that of the Sugarloaf and the Blorenge Mountains, 

 which lie to the west of the main line of railway from 

 Abergavenny to Hereford — the two most notable 

 features are the Great Skyrrid and the Graig. Some 

 hunting countries are marked out, and can be best 

 defined, by their principal coverts, or by their divisions 

 of grass and plough, hill and vale. The Monmouth- 

 shire is best described through the medium of its 

 mountains — the remainder (unless a southern corner 

 can be deemed an exception) consisting of minor undu- 

 lations connecting the mountains. Below Abergavenny 

 and beyond the Little Skyrrid, is the smoothest ground 

 of the Hunt — the neighbourhood of Langattock, 

 Lanark, &c. Court Robert is an especially favourite 

 place — with no other covert near, and nice undulating 

 ground on all sides. But the country quickly gets 

 rougher as Monmouth is neared. Thus the White Hill 

 is a very formidable place ; and Langoven again is 

 rough, hilly, and wooded. But the Great Skyrrid and 



