336 REMINISCENCES OF 



this himself, in 1864, one afternoon while we were 

 walking out the hounds at Brix worth. 



" PITSFORD, 6th March, 1865. 



" I agree to continue to hunt the Pytchley coun- 

 try five days a week for the sum of 3,300, or 

 four days a week for 3,000. In either case I 

 propose to hunt one pack myself two days a week. 



" With regard to the hounds which I have added 

 to the pack, the committee to have the option of 

 purchasing them ; or I give up the pack in the same 

 state as to numbers and efficiency as I received them 

 in May, 1864. That I be allowed the sum of ^40 

 to expend in some alterations in the kennels and 

 stables. 



" I enclose a statement of the cost of hounds 

 added by me, and also a memorandum of the state 

 of Pytchley Hounds last spring. 



" J. ANSTRUTHER THOMSON." 



STATE OF PYTCHLEY HOUNDS. 

 fune, 1864. 



Couples. 



Old Hounds, sound 40^ 



blemished 13 



53i 

 Deduct Spring draft . . . . . .7 



46* 

 Young hounds, entered May 13 



59* 

 March, 1865. 



Old Pytchley hounds ,""''' 55$ 



Strange hounds in kennel , . . ;,. . : 174 



