PUBLISHERS' NOTE 



IN issuing this new edition of Warburton's Hunt- 

 ing Songs, the publishers have tried to produce 

 it in a form worthy of the place the book occupies 

 in hunting literature, and they have been enabled to 

 do this by the kindly aid they have received from 

 the author's son, Piers Egerton-Warburton, Esq., 

 to whom they tender their grateful thanks. 



They desire also to thank the Committee of the 

 Tarporley Hunt Club for permission to reproduce 

 the portraits which adorn the walls of their Club- 

 room. They also thank His Grace the Duke of West- 

 minster for permission to reproduce two portraits ; 

 and the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Errington for 

 allowing them to publish, for the first time, the 

 interesting picture of the " Meet of the Cheshire 

 Hounds at Hooton " ; and also the Rev. Charles 

 Slingsby, M.A., for the loan of the portrait of Sir 

 Charles Slingsby. 



By the kindness of Willoughby A. Pemberton, 

 Esq., they have been enabled to publish a rare por- 

 trait of John Mytton ; and H. E. Wilbraham, Esq., 

 has allowed them to reproduce two of his family 

 portraits. Mrs. Park Yates has also allowed them 



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