336 REMINISCENCES OF 



this himself, in 1864, one afternoon while we were 

 walking out the hounds at Brixworth. 



" PiTSFORD, 6th March, 1865. 



" I agree to continue to hunt the Pytchley coun- 

 try five days a week for the sum of ;^ 3,300, or 

 four days a week for ^3,000. In either case I 

 propose to hunt one pack myself two days a week. 



" With regard to the hounds which I have added 

 to the pack, the committee to have the option of 

 purchasing them ; or I give up the pack in the same 

 state as to numbers and efficiency as I received them 

 in May, 1864. That I be allowed the sum of ^40 

 to expend in some alterations in the kennels and 

 stables. 



" I enclose a statement of the cost of hounds 

 added by me, and also a memorandum of the state 

 of Pytchley Hounds last spring. 



"J. Anstruther Thomson." 



State of Pytchley Hounds. 

 /une, 1864. 



Couples. 

 Old Hounds, sound ....... 40^ 



„ blemished 13 



534 

 Deduct Spring draft 7 



464 

 Young hounds, entered May ..... 13 



March, 1865. 



Old Pytchley hounds 554 



Strange hounds in kennel 17^ 



