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oi'ganisation, the camp at Hounslow, reviewing, massing, and 

 shipping troops and sailors was the order of the day. The 

 Royal Family were divided, and in doleful dumps among 

 themselves. The Duke of Cumberland was not on friendly 

 terms with the Prince of Wales, who rarely took any interest 

 in the Royal Buckhounds, and devoted his spare time to his 

 own particular pack. The Duke of Cumberland volunteered 

 to serve in the naval expedition on the Spanish Main ; sailed 

 in the Boyne frigate, and returned victorious in October. In 

 May the King set out for Hanover, and did not return to 

 England until November. The Princess Mary, heretofore a 

 conspicuous follower of the pack, was married to Frederick, 

 Prince of Hesse, consequently Her Royal Highness was never 

 seen again with the Royal Buckhounds. As to the other 

 members of the Royal Family, they are not mentioned as 

 having been out with the pack during this season. We can 

 find no reports of the runs. It appears, by the official certi- 

 ficate of the Master, that the sport was good : 72 stags and 33 

 hinds having been " killed " by the hounds during this year. 



1741. — The King set out for Hanover in May, and did not 

 return to England until October. During this interval the 

 Duke of Cumberland assumed a prominent position in home 

 affairs, exhibiting much energy in directing military matters 

 at the principal camps. However, His Royal Highness found 

 time to hunt pretty frequently with the Royal Buckhounds; 

 and he also organised a pack of staghounds of his own. It was 

 publicly announced, on July 8, that " their Royal Highnesses 

 the Duke and Princesses began last Monday to hunt a stag in 

 Windsor Forest, which sport is to be continued two days in 

 every week during the hunting season." How far this arrange- 

 ment was carried out we are unable to ascertain, the records 

 of sport with these packs having been almost eclipsed by 

 intelligence from the battlefield and camps. Indeed, we can 

 only trace two circumstantial reports from the hunting field — 

 viz., on Saturday, September 17, when their Royal Highnesses 

 the Princesses hunted a stag which ran from Windsor Forest 

 to Guildford, " from whence their Royal Highnesses came to 



