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30th. — We went to St. Audries, Sir Alexander 

 Hood's. 



31st, Sunday. — Quantoxhead Church. 



I St September. — Hunted Quantoxhead. 



2nd. — Went to Exeter, to Lidford, Launceston 

 and Tintagel Castle ; and on the 4th went to 

 Hanford, where Lord Wolverton was living, while 

 his house was building at Ewerne. He had a 

 beautiful pack of bloodhounds. John Boore was his 

 huntsman, who had been my second horseman in the 

 Pytchley country. We saw the house where Beck- 

 ford lived, and went out cub-hunting with Lord 

 Portman. Joe Moss was his huntsman and Bob 

 Pickard first whip ; he had been with me in Fife. 

 They killed a roe-deer. I went over one day 

 and saw Blackmoor Vale Hounds (Sir Richard 

 Glyn's) in the kennels. Old Lady Wolverton, a 

 charming, stately old lady, asked Ro what she would 

 like to be. She said, " I should like to be a whip ". 

 " A what ? my dear ! " 



The following is extracted from Bailey s Magazine 

 for September, 1879 : "The portrait of that excellent 

 M.F.H., Mr. Anstruther Thomson, appeared in the 

 Sporting Gazette, and was duly placed in the 

 window of the office. It was about the time of the 

 Peace trial (for murder). Two little boys were 

 heard to say on looking at it, ' Why, here's old Peace 

 in his "blackcap"'." 



5th February, 1880. — I was in London and was 

 going to stay at Audley Wood with Tom Pain, and 

 hunt next day with the Vine Hounds (Harry 



