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horses cannot follow. Thus the hounds have 

 often fifteen miles to travel before the duties 

 of the day begin. About home there is a 

 considerable portion of woodland, and it is 

 a capital country for making hounds, as well 

 as putting their highest instincts and qualities 

 to the test. There is a vast quantity of 

 ploughed land, infinitely more than in olden 

 times. This applies generally. From Peter- 

 borough to Stamford, with Wansford mid- 

 way, the country is very open, but there is 

 very little grass. The railway stations con- 

 venient to visitors are Huntingdon for Abbots 

 Ripton, Aversley Wood, Duckworth, Holme 

 Wood, Leighton Village, Monks' Wood, Wes- 

 ton Mill, and Sawtry Gorse ; Oundle station 

 for Barnwill Castle and Barnwill Wolds, 

 Ashton Wolds, Lilford cross-roads, Oundle 

 Wood, and Papley Gorse ; Thrapston station 

 for Bythorne Tollbar, Catworth guide post, 

 Molesworth Village, Stanwick Pasture, and 

 Titchmarsh; Wansford station for Nassiug- 

 ton Lodge, Sutton Wood, Thornhaugh, Wal- 

 cot Park, Water Newton, Elton Furze, and 

 Elton Tollbar ; Peterborough station for 

 Castor Hanglands and Long Orton. 



The splendid structure, Burghley House, 



