LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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" Petronel " 183 



Portrait of the Eighth Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, by Sir 



F. Grant, 1864 190 



The Stables at Badminton 197 



A Group of Hunters (from the picture at Badminton) . .210 



Portrait of "Petronel" (from the picture at Badminton) . 215 



The Duke of Beaufort 234 



The Duchess of Beaufort and Children 242 



Badminton : Entrance to the Park 252 



The Hounds 257 



The Greatwood Run with the Beaufort Hounds, Feb. 22, 187 1 261 



"Vaulter" and "Despot" 272 



" Vaulter" (from the picture by Cuthbert Bradley) . . . 279 



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