INTRODUCTION 



to bring them, a pack must be borrowed and kept at 

 the expense of the Society. 



" C)th. Three collar bumpers to be drank after 

 dinner, and the same after supper ; after they are 

 drank every member may do as he pleases in regard 

 to drinking. 



" \oth. The President, as soon as elected, to 

 nominate the Lady Patroness for his meeting, she 

 being a spinster. 



"ii//z. No member to be chose but by Ballot, 

 and none but the members present at the Balloting 

 to have a vote : which Ballot must be the first night 

 of the meeting. 



" I zth. The House bill must be pay'd the seventh 

 day of each meeting, and after that is done every 

 member has the liberty of going after his own 

 inventions. 



" 13^/2. Every member has the liberty of intro- 

 ducing his Friend, but must pay for him as far as 

 his ordinarys. 



" I \th. All single or private engagements must yield 

 to the time fixed for the meeting of this Society. 



" 15M. Should the members of this Society in 

 a party attend any of the neighbouring assemblys, 

 the President must ask the Lady Patroness for the 

 time being, to dance, should she be there. 



" \bth. If any member of this Society should 

 marry, he is to present the Hunt with a pair of 

 stifF-topp'd, well-stitch'd, buckskin gloves each.* 



" 17M. This Book must be kept in the Balloting- 



' Pro buckskin- gloves lege buckskin-breeches. — Booth Grey, Dep. 

 Sec. 



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