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that the present Mr. Drax did not come within the 

 meaning of the terms under which the country camo 

 into Mr. Farquharson's possession. Therefore the 

 country, as in the olden time defined, should have 

 been at once rendered to the occupant of Charborough 

 Park. Instead of this — other proprietors conceding 

 theirs — Mr. Farquharson retained his own land, in 

 which was situated a willow-bed, and drew the latter 

 with his hounds. Mr. Drax, the first stone thus 

 thrown, purchased an extensive estate in the heart 

 of Mr. Farquharson's Vale country, called Holnest, 

 drew what covers there were on it, and made a 

 number of beautiful gorse covers, and thus entered 

 into, and seized on, an extensive territory of right 

 belonging to ^Ir. Farquharson; but of which Mr. 

 Farquharson had no just right to complain, because 

 he himself had been the first to infringe the rule 

 laid down for all hunting countries. It was then 

 proposed — at this moment I forget by whom — 

 that Mr. Farquharson should restore to Mr. Drax 

 the portion of the old Charborough country that 

 had been retained by him, if Mr. Drax would resign 

 the Holnest covers ; but this was not a fair pro- 

 position. Mr. Drax had been at great trouble 

 and expense in making new gorses, and when the 

 proposal reached him he was in the condition to say, 

 " No, you commenced these aggressions, and now 

 you must give me in exchange as much as I have 

 seized on, or we will each hold our own." I think 

 this might have been done with advantage to both, 

 and I had an interview with Mr. Farquharson, in an 

 endeavour to effect it, but all in vain. Neither would 

 yield an inch, and the false state of things continued 

 till Mr. Drax's desire for the maintenance of his pack 



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