1731 : EECOEDS OF THE KUNS. 281 



Saturday August 14, Richmond Park. — The King, Queen, 

 Prince of Wales, Duke of Cumberland, the Princesses Amelia 

 and Caroline, accompanied by several lords and ladies, " took 

 the Divershon of Hunting for the first time this Season." A 

 stag was roused in Fan Grove. "In the midst of the sport, 

 Sir Robert Walpole's fell just before the Queen's chaise and 

 threw him in the dust, but he was soon remounted, and Her 

 Majesty ordered him to bleed, by way of precaution. When 

 the staof was run down, the King commanded the hounds to 

 be call'd off." 



Saturday, August 21, Richmond. — Their Majesties and the 

 Royal Family, attended by the Earls of Scarborough and 

 Grantham, Lord Malpas, and several other persons of dis- 

 tinction, roused a stag at Fan Grove ; and after a chase of 

 about three hours returned to Hampton Court. On the 

 following Tuesday night " some rogues got into Richmond 

 New Park where their Majesties hunt, and breaking one of 

 the Sluices belonging to the Pond, let all the water out, to 

 the great inconvenience of the deer." 



Wednesday, August 25, Richmond.- -The King, Queen, 

 Duke of Cumberland, Princesses Amelia and Mary, and a 

 large field arrived at the meet in the New Park. The 

 Princess Amelia was thrown from her horse, but she received 

 no hurt. Hon. Mr. Fitz- William, Page of Honour to His 

 Majesty, also came to grief. Her Majesty and the Princess 

 Mary on wheels were in at the death of the stag, after a good 

 run of two hours. The Princess Royal was absent nursing 

 the Prince of Wales, who was ill. 



Saturday, August 28, Richmond. " On Saturday morning 

 last the King, Queen, the Duke, and the Princesses, together 

 with divers of the Nobility and Quality went again a stag- 

 hunting in the New Park near Richmond. The Lord Dela- 

 ware's Lady and the Lady Harriot d'Auverquerque, Daughter 

 to the Earl of Grantham, had the misfortune to be overturned 

 in a Chaise, which fell with such violence, that the shafts 

 were broken, and the Chaise went over the Ladies ; but 

 providentually they escaped any visible Hurt. Mr. Shorter, 



