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the old Berkeley coimtry) as groom. Sir Richard had 

 a very unfavourable season indeed. Great complaints. 

 I saw a letter from Mr. Gilmour to John Campbell, 

 Esq., of Glensaddel, wherein he says the hounds seldom 

 find their fox, but are daily halloo'd to them after draw- 

 ing the coverts ; instancing one day in particular, when 

 they drew Woodall Head,* a very favourite covert, 

 without finding. On leaving it they were halloo'd back, 

 a fox having been viewed in ye covert. On their taking 

 to ye scent, a brace more, making a leash, were proved 

 to be there. "This," says he, "occurs daily." 



Mr. Campbell, after hunting with the Duke of 

 Beaufort, at whose house he stayed ye season, sold his 

 stud of eight horses at Tattersall's, excepting that rare 

 old horse Paganini, which was taken back to Scotland, 

 and afterwards sold to J. O. Tairlie, Esq. 



Eriday, September 9th, 1842. — Duke of Beaufort's 

 hounds. — Killcott. Ye morning very wet and stormy. 

 Went home at nine o'clock. At half-past ten went out 

 on ye lawn with 22| couple fresh hounds, to draw Swan 

 Grove, ye Duke, Prince Leichtenstein, and several 

 foreigners, being at Badminton. Te day turned out 

 very wet; and as it was intended for a day for ye 

 Princess and ladies, postponed till ye morrow. 



Saturday, Sept. 10th, 1842.— Met on ye lawn 22^ 

 couple. Went to Swan Grove. Found a brace of 

 mangy foxes ; had some little running backwards and 

 for\^ards, and finally killed one in ye gorse by Eagged 

 Castle. Went to Bodkin Wood. Eound at least 3 

 brace of cubs ; killed a brace in covert ; went away with 

 a third over ye corner of ye Park piece to Badminton 

 Village, by ye green pond into ye Vicarage, nearly to 



Woodwell Head. 



