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and Thonock House are at hand. There is 

 also a station at Lea. On the Boston branch 

 Bardney Station is the point for Gautby, 

 North Spring Wood, Scot Grove, and Stan- 

 field Hall. The Langworth Station, on the 

 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, is 

 close to GolthOjTile House Beck, and Wragby. 

 Wickenby Station serves for East Barkwith, 

 Faldingworth Grange, and Snarford Bridge. 

 Caenby, Legsby, and Linwood Church are 

 near to Maket Rasen. Viewing the country 

 in its aptitudes for foxhunting, it is far 

 above the average ; the coverts in some parts 

 are extensive, yet moderate by comparison 

 with what are very commonly met with in 

 the provincials. Taking a survey of the line 

 of road from Leadenham to Lincoln, right 

 and left, there is a fine open expanse, free 

 from woodlands of magnitude, and Wellin- 

 gore, ten miles from Lincoln, and sixteen 

 from Grantham, has the reputation of being- 

 one of the crack coverts, but like many others 

 favoured with that distinction, a run is greatly 

 dependent on the line a fox may be pleased to 

 select. If he breaks westward he has a fine 

 grass vale before him, but northward and 

 eastward hounds have to encounter the diffi- 



