THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE, 89 



thing in their power to promote the object 

 I had in view. 



I heard of a chateau not quite a mile 

 distant from the town, and which was to 

 be let by private contract. The proprietor 

 happened to be a friend of the Procureur 

 du Roi, and the terms he asked were so 

 excessively moderate, and his disposition 

 to oblige so manifestly disinterested, that 

 I at once became his tenant on behalf of 

 my comrades. 



I paid for this beautiful place, complete- 

 ly furnished, but six hundred francs a-year, 

 with large gardens and orchards, and a 

 paddock ; in addition to which, a droit de 

 chasse on the whole of the owner's exten- 

 sive property was given, and his influence 

 exerted to obtain us shooting all over the 

 country. The hospitality and attention 

 heaped upon me were particularly flatter- 

 ing, and for all of which I was indebted 

 to my kind friends in Paris, Monsieur de 



