48 VALE. 



discord. Cunard has bought my hounds for £2100, and takes 

 possession of them April 8th. I wish him success. 



I cannot retire without expressing to one and all — covert 

 owners, farmers, subscribers, and peasants — how grateful I am 

 for their support and interest for the last 22 years. I have 

 enjoyed a very happy reign, and cannot but say that I resign 

 the hounds with the deepest regret. My occupation gone, I 

 expect I shall sink into a worn-out and premature old man. 

 God grant that it may not be so. 



And now good-bye for ever to my office, and to the happiest 

 period of my career. 



April yth, i8y8. 



W. W. T. 



Number of days hunting - 77 

 „ foxes killed - 48 



„ ,, run to ground - 36 



