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around him are * Boaster/ ' Brasher,' 

 ' Carohne,' ' Margery,' ' Restless,' and 

 ' Sailor.' 



1843—44. On the 2nd December, Mr. 

 Milbank writes in his diary, ' ' On this day my 

 poor huntsman, George Barwick, destroyed 

 himself by drowning in the Fish Pond at 

 Thorp Perrow. He had been remarked by 

 his family to be in low spirits for some time, 

 and strange to say, laboured under the 

 delusion that all the bitches in the Kennel 

 were in whelp. This with other strange 

 fancies so preyed upon his mind, that in a 

 temporary fit of insanity he drowned him- 

 self. The shock to myself was very great, 

 as it was my unfortunate lot to find the poor 

 fellow in the pond. By this sad act I have 

 lost an honest, upright and truly praiseworthy 

 servant, and the gentlemen of the country 

 an able and intelligent huntsman." 



For the remainder of this season Mr. Mil- 

 bank hunted hounds himself. 



On the 1st January there was rather an 

 exciting and amusing finish to a hunt from 

 Sir E. Dodsworth's New Whin at Watlass. 

 Having run by Watlass Church, Clifton 

 Castle, and back to Burrill ; the fox went 

 into the pleasure grounds at Thorp Perrow, 

 and got onto a wall close to the dairy ; the 

 roof of which he crossed, went over the office, 

 and on to the top of the kitchen, and jumped 

 from here, a distance of nearly sixty feet, to 

 the ground. Hounds were quickly taken 

 round, and the fox was killed in the stable 

 yard. 



