5 2 /;/ Scarlet and Silk 



and Hertfordshire, are good packs for the 

 Londoner in point of distance ; but of all 

 those mentioned above, undoubtedly the best 

 country is that over which Lord Rothschild 

 holds sway. Leighton or Aylesbury will be 

 found most convenient for huntinjr with this 

 excellent pack, whilst the Mid- Kent trysts 

 are mostly within reach of Maidstone — the 

 kennels are at Wateringbury, close to that 

 town — or Tonbridsje. Mr. Sheffield Neave's 

 (the Essex Stag) kennels are at Ingatestone, 

 and his pack is equally well met from Chelms- 

 ford or Ongar. Billericay, Ingatestone, and 

 Chelmsford are handy stations for the Essex 

 Union, whilst the Essex (Fox) country lies 

 more adjacent to Harlow (kennels) and Ongar. 

 Horsham, Crawley, and Steyning, give facili- 

 ties both for the Warnham Stag- and Crawley 

 and Horsham Fox- hounds, and the West Kent 

 may be met from Farningham and Penshurst 

 — the latter is by far the better country, but 

 with a train service which does not always 

 accommodate the metropolitan Nimrod. 



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