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Expenses from January 1st, 183—, to January 1st, 183—, for an establish- 

 ment of twelve horses, and fifty couples of hounds. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 



Huntsman 105 



First whipper-in £55, second £45 . . . 100 



205 



Bills for clothes, boots, &c. .... 55 



Horses. 

 Fourhelpers, at 12s. per week, for thirty-six weeks 86 8 

 Two ditto for sixteen ditto 19 4 



Twenty loads of hay, at £5 100 



One hundred and twenty-five quarters of oats, 



at 30s 187 10 



Straw, by contract 20 



Blacksmith 50 



Saddler 25 



Farrier 25 



Fourteen quarters of beans, at 5s. per bushel , 28 



541 2 



Hounds. 



Fifteen tons of meal, at ^14 .... 210 



Flesh 100 



Feeder, 12s. per week, for 52 weeks . . . 31 4 



Forty tons of coals, at 35s 70 



Druggist 20 



431 4 



Taxes for hounds and horses .... 72 5 



Huntsman's book for carriage of goods and 



sundries 80 



Feasts for keepers, &c. 32 2 



Repairs of kennel and stables . . . . 18 18 



131 



1435 11 



Earth-stopping, and fees to keepers for finds . 250 



Annual allowance for purchase of horses . . 200 



*Total . £1885 11 



The foregoing estimate includes, with the exception 

 of hacks, all that I can set down, as comprehended in 

 the actual and necessary cost of horses and hounds, 



* This analysis of expenses refers to the period in which it was written 

 — 1839. 



