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cribbage in the billiard-room. With his usual kind- 

 ness he sat up till I arrived and had a pot of hot 

 soup on the fire for me. 



9th. — Next day hounds met at Doddington Ash. 

 I rode " Slippers" and the " Last Man". 



loth. — Newton Lodge, Chesters. 



nth. — Hullavington, "Balloon" and "General". 

 I had two horses every day, and Jim Walker, the 

 duke's second horseman, to look after me. The 

 " Last Man " was one of Percy Williams' horses. 



I went to London after hunting, to Onslow 

 Square, my mother's. On Monday I went to 

 Tattersall's. Bought a very good-looking chestnut 

 horse called the "Quack Doctor". Next day, 

 Tuesday, 14th, put "Quack Doctor" into the train, 

 and met the Queen's St*ghounds at Hillingdon. 

 Frank Goodall told me he had to keep the hounds 

 very high in consequence of the long distances home. 

 I found that my horse could gallop and jump well, 

 but I could not take any liberties on account of 

 condition, so I got behind and trotted on the line. 

 Charlie was quartered at Windsor, so I went and 

 slept there the 15th. London next day and back 

 to Edinburgh by night train. Thursday, i6th — 

 Fife Hounds ; Kelly Toll. Thick fog and little 

 scent. Found a brace on Kelly Law ; ran a ring. 

 " Home Rule " bolted with me and ran into a bog 

 covered with water ; pitched my head into it, wet 

 me through, got my face covered with mud, and my 

 horn full of dirt. As soon as he was out of it — he 

 was in up to his shoulders — he ran away up the hill. 



