192 HUNTING IN MANY COUNTRIES. 



events — and there was far less holloaing and noise than there 

 is with other packs. One would like to hear what any other 

 veteran of the Ledbury country remembers in this connec- 

 tion, for it is an interesting point. In conclusion, Mr. 

 Webster says a good word for Malvern as a hunting centre, 

 and I am in very cordial agreement with him as to this. It 

 was good enough with many hunting days in the week when I 

 knew it, and it is better now, with a new pack in existence 

 and more days among the old packs. 



Mr. Twinberrow, Master of the North Ledbury, writes as to 

 the actual facts with regard to the North Ledbury country. 

 He says that the country in question has now nothing what- 

 ever to do with the Ledbury, that he built the kennels at his 

 own expense on his own property, and that the hounds — all 

 of them home bred — are his own property. Mr. Twinberrow, 

 in fact, hunts the North Ledbury country very much at his 

 own expense, for the outside subscription is a small one, which 

 will only pay a very small part of the cost of maintenance. 

 Some half-dozen seasons ago Mr. Twinberrow killed twenty- 

 four and a half brace of foxes, and this for a two days a week 

 pack — with occasional bye-days — is wonderfully good for any 

 country, and it means that when the North Ledbury was a part 

 of the Ledbury proper, hounds only went there once a week and 

 seldom killed more than four or five brace during the season 

 in that particiilar district, whereas they now kill about five 

 times the number. Mr. Twinberrow went out with Mr. 

 Charles Morrell when a lad, and has no recollection of whistles 

 being used by the staff. Mr. Twinberrow also confirms the 

 statement that Malvern was at one time a popular hunting 

 centre, but of late years very few people have hunted from 

 there, though a meet anywhere near always brings out a lot 

 of very keen people on foot. He further remarks that there 

 has always been a lot of holloaing about the hills round 

 Malvern when hounds were running, but that half the 

 pleasure of a man on foot is to view a fox and holloa him. 

 This I can very thoroughly confirm, and I may add that 

 in recent years the number of foot foxhunters has 

 enormously increased all over the country. In some districts, 

 especially in a hilly country, where many coigns of vantage 

 can be found, the number of regular pedestrian foxhunters 



