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flying birds they were, too, for from my position near tlie top 

 of tihe hill I could command a great deal of country, 1 

 imagine that the Capheaton coverts in the Monday country 

 are a very favourite point with Bygate foxes, but in this part 

 of the Tynedale Hunt it makes absolutely no matter what 

 direction is taken, for the ooTintry is all excellent galloping 

 ground, and the coverts are nicely separated. It is, in fact, 

 a grand country, worth taking a lot of tiiouble to reach, but 

 as likely as any country in the kingdom to reward the visitor 

 with something special in the way of a hunt. Its foxes are 

 numerous and strong, well looked after, and for the most part 

 travellers, and when you add to that that they are hunted 

 by a magnificent pack of big, upstanding hounds, and that 

 the " management " — so to speak — is in most capable hands 

 of great experience, you have such possibilities for sporti as are 

 only vouchsafed to a few of the very best countries in the 

 kingdom . 



