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that any members of the Royal Family, except the Princess 

 Amelia, participated in the sport. The official certiticate of 

 the Master of the Buckhounds indicates that 44 stags and 16 

 hinds had been killed and hunted by the pack during this year. 



1746. — The Civil War practically came to an end with the 

 Battle of Culloden in the spring of this year. Then followed 

 the preparations for decorating Temple Bar with human heads. 

 Midsummer and the opening of the hunting season arrived in 

 due course, when it was found there was a deficiency in the 

 Civil List amounting to 456,733^. 16.s. S^d. This having been 

 made good by Parliament, the Lords of the Treasury wrote to 

 the Lord Chamberlain conveying His Majesty's commands that 

 he should exercise economy and prudence, and to be careful in 

 his expenses, and to use his utmost endeavour to lessen the 

 incidental cost of the Household, and to prevent any addition 

 of the expenses thereto. It does not appear, however, that the 

 cost of maintaining the Royal Buckhounds had increased, or that 

 there were any considerable arrears due or owing on account 

 of the pack. The Duke of Cumberland proceeded to Windsor 

 in July, the King went there on a flying visit soon after, " and 

 view'd the Lodge in the Park there and that on the Forest, 

 both of which are fitted up for the Duke." His Royal 

 Highness sojourned in the vicinity during the month of 

 August, and, apparently, hunted occasionally with the Royal 

 Buckhounds. The Princesses were gone to Bath. Mr. Ralph 

 Jenison became the Master of the Royal Buckhounds, for the 

 second time, at the opening of this season ; and according to 

 his certiticate 46 stags and 22 hinds had been killed and 

 hunted by the pack from Christmas 1745 to Christmas 1746. 



1747. — War. The King and the Duke of Cumberland 

 absent in Hanover, etc. No huntings intellisence.* Never- 



* We can only trace the report of one run with the pack this season, when 

 it appears it was taken to Epping Forest, on Wednesday, August 24, which 

 " being the day fix't for the Ladies' Hunt, a stag was rous'd, near the Green 

 Man, which ran several hours, and afforded excellent Diversion. There were 

 present a great number of Ladies finely mounted, many of whom kept in view 

 the whole chase and came in at the death. Several in the chase were thrown 

 from their horses, rode over and receiv'd much hurt." 



