S8 HUNTING TOURS. 



length of the run nor the pace call for any 

 exordium, but it presented a far better oppor- 

 tunity of forming an opinion of the hunting 

 powers of the hounds and the tactics of their 

 huntsman than a burst of thirty minutes with 

 a blazing scent would have done, no cast being 

 necessary, and pace only an essential. A 

 second fox, found at Brascote spinny, ran 

 through Botany Bay towards Bosworth, 

 leaving Cadeby on the left, by Newbold gate, 

 was pulled down in a garden at Newbold 

 Village. 



The attractions in the Atherstone country 

 have, lost none of their prestige. Whatever 

 might have been the aspirations of former 

 masters, and however successful their exer- 

 tions were, none could have exceeded Lord 

 Curzon in their devotion to the object in view. 

 Entering into every matter of detail with 

 earnestness of purpose, intimately acquainted 

 with the properties of every hound in the 

 kennel, and presiding over all with that dig- 

 nity his rank and position in the county 

 enable him to exercise, and yet preserving- 

 courteous affability, his lordship's efforts can- 

 not fail to be successful and thoroughly 

 appreciated. There is, too, another very 



