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31st. — Beaupark to tea with Lady Fanny Lambert 

 and Honourable Bertha, maid-of-honour. 



3rd September. — Olive lent us her horse " Potato ". 

 We got up at 5 a.m. and drove to Headford, John 

 Watson and hounds there at seven o'clock. He had 

 just run a cub to ground near a wasps' nest. A nice 

 handy pack of hounds, and he is a real workman. 

 Lady Headford was very kind. We went in to 

 breakfast ; met Colonel Thynne and his niece. Lady 

 Katherine. Young Headford and Lady Beatrix and 

 Miss Wilson Paton were hunting on bicycles. 



22nd. — The Emperor of Russia landed at Leith 

 and the Prince of Wales came to Dalmeny the day 

 before. General Chapman kindly gave us tickets 

 for the pavilion, so we were in the front rank and 

 saw everything. It rained torrents all the time. 

 Robert Lindsay, Scots Greys, was sent to Balmoral 

 to do escort, the Emperor being Honorary Colonel 

 of the regiment. Inniskillings were at Piershill, 

 Green Thomson in command. 



5th October. — Went to Bath ; put up first night 

 at York Hotel. Got rooms at 20 Circus, Norton 

 Tomkin's drawing-room floor. My shoulder was 

 pretty bad with rheumatism. 



14th.— Badminton Hounds at Lansdowne. Iso- 

 bel and I drove up with a pony. Will Dale, huntsman. 

 Randolph Wemyss in London ; hurt his knee. Back 

 to Bath after hunting. 



29th. — I went to Badminton. Randolph mounted 

 me on " Swindon ". He hunted the hounds ; his knee 

 was very bad. Met at Alderley ; returned to Bath. 



