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a big main dmin also has been cut through a great deal of the 

 country, which does not materially improve it. The Wellin- 

 gore and Bruton side is very stiff, and has more grass than most 

 parts, and Bruton top covert was the favourite draw of Mr. 

 Chaplin, when he wished to show a brother master a run. 

 The last time I Avas at it a farmer said to me, " Look round 

 here, and you see all plough ; when Sir Richard hunted the 

 country, every acre was grass." The low covert is better 

 situated, and has a bit of green almost all round it, but is not so 

 thick as the top covert. Charlton Gorse is such a fine piece of 

 lying that Lord Henry Bentinck was wont to call it " the 

 model lodging-house," but the country round takes a deal of 

 doing. Hilton is also a favourite place on the Wragby side. I 

 have never hunted in what is now the Blankney country, save 

 in the Wellingore side, but believe it is lighter, and with fewer 

 obstacles to stop either hounds or horses, than the Burton. I 

 may say, in conclusion, that Mr. Foljambe has, since taking the 

 latter, been very successful at the Yorkshire Hound Shows, and 

 has shown capital sport. 



Mr. Henry Chaplin has again resumed the mastership of the 

 Blankney country in place of Colonel Chaplin who resigned 

 last spring. 



