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and sliould recommend tliat meet^ when tlie oppor- 

 tunity occurs, to anyone who wishes to see the Queen^s 

 at their besit; and if the deer should take a line 

 through Bulstrode Park^, and go away in the direction 

 of Amersham or Beaconsfield_, I think he will not 

 regret his venture. Maidenhead Thicket is also a 

 favourite and pretty meet ; but as Burnham Beeches is 

 close at hand^ with a line of covers running in the 

 direction of Marlow or Henley^ and the river runs 

 hard by, I give the preference to Gerrard^s Cross. 

 During the remainder of the month the hounds will 

 hunt twice a week in the Windsor Forest district ; 

 and the trouble of a visit will be amply repaid by a 

 sight of the pack and a view of the lovely country in 

 the vicinity of Windsor Castle. It is to be hoped that 

 the noble Master of the Buckhounds_, Lord Hardwicke, 

 will, in the course of the ensuing season, venture out 

 of the beaten track, and try his fortune further afield. 

 There are many places, within easy reach by rail, 

 where he would be welcome ; and I know that another 

 visit in the course of the season to the neighbourhood 

 of Melton will be hailed with satisfaction, especially if 

 it is of longer duration than the last. Good as the 

 sport was on that occasion, it would be far more 

 enjoyable at a time when the going across that 

 splendid part of the shires is a little less lieavy than it 

 was at the end of last spring. 



