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hours, and was at last Kill'd about half a mile from Hampton 

 Town ; after which their Majesties and the rest of the Royal 

 Family return'd to Hampton Court to Dinner. Col. John 

 Lumley, Brother to the Earl of Scarborough, fell from his 

 Horse, but receiv'd very little damage. The Prince of Wales 

 had like to have been unhors'd by a Country Fellow, who rode 

 furiously against His Royal Highness. A Boy, son of the 

 Earl of Berkeley's huntsman, happen'd to be thrown from 

 behind a Coach, and Mrs. Andrews of Sunbury being in full 

 Chace, the wheels of her Chaise ran over his Thighs, but the 

 Child only received a slight bruise. The Queen order'd him 

 a Guinea." 



Wednesday, October 24, Hounslow. — Their Majesties and the 

 rest of the Royal Family, except the Princess Louisa, went to 

 the Earl of Isla's near Hounslow, where a hind was turned 

 out, " but hurting one of her legs in coming out of the Waggon, 

 ran a very short Chace, being Kill'd about 12 o'clock, near 

 Hesson, two Miles beyond Hounslow." For some reason not 

 mentioned we are told that " the Earl of Tankerville, as Master 

 of the Buckhounds, removed Mr. William Lowen from being 

 Yeoman-Pricker (or Marker of the Hounds Feet), which 

 Place he and his Father had held for Fifty Years," and that 

 " Sir Robert Walpole has made the said Mr. Lowen Huntsman 

 of the Harriers in the New Park near Richmond." 



Thus the last run of the season was associated with a con- 

 siderable amount of grief. During the ensuing week the 

 Royal Family returned to town, where great preparations 

 were in progress anent the marriage of the Princess Royal. 

 On November 7 the Prince of Orange arrived. Shortlv before 

 the wedding fixture he was prostrated by a fever ; the nuptials 

 had to be postponed, which caused great disappointment, and 

 much sympathy was manifest for the bride elect, who was 

 deservedly popular with all classes (particularly in hunting 

 circles) throughout the length and breadth of the land. 



According to the official record 100 stags and 64 hinds were 

 " hunted and killed " by His Majesty's Buckhounds between 

 November 5, 1731, and January 2, 1733-4. The fees payable 



