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Herring's Lodge, Three Queens, Eastwell, 

 Harby, Plungar, and Langar, at the same 

 time they are all within easy access from 

 Grantham. The Great Northern Railway 

 runs nearly through the centre of the country, 

 north and south, with branches to Notting- 

 ham and Sleaford. Bottesford station is 

 convenient for Elton, Foston, and Staunton ; 

 Hougham station for Hough-on-the-Hill and 

 Dry Doddington ; Claypole station for Stub- 

 ton and Gotham ; Ancaster station for Lea- 

 denham, Fulbeck, Caythorpe, Bayard's Leap, 

 Broadwater, Culverthorpe, Aswarby Park, 

 Cranwell, North Rauceby, and Barkston ; 

 Sleaford station for the north-eastern ex- 

 tremities, which include Kirkby Laythorpe 

 and Haverholme Priory; Corby station affords 

 opportunities for reaching Irnham House, 

 Burton Cogles, Bitchfield, Lenton Village, 

 Kelsby, Aslackby, Kirkby Underwood, Dunsby 

 Wood, Colster worth, and Easton Park, which 

 are on the confines of the Cottesmore Hunt, 

 and these neighbouring packs frequently in- 

 terchange cordialities by running their foxes 

 into each other's country, an event which, 

 when terminating with blood, invariably 

 arouses feelings of unbounded satisfaction to 



