1 1 8 HUNTING TOURS. 



great, amounting to as much as in some of 

 the minor provincials is devoted to the entire 

 expenditure and maintenance of horses, 

 hounds, and servants. It possesses an advan- 

 tage in not having any railway immediately 

 intersecting it, although it is nearly sur- 

 rounded by railways, and the places of meet- 

 ing are within a reasonable distance of Chel- 

 tenham, with the exception of those in the 

 Broadway country, to which the hounds are 

 always conveyed in a van. It is well supplied 

 with foxes, and every effort is used both by 

 landed proprietors and farmers to co-operate 

 with Mr. Colmore in promoting sport. 



