COL. ANSTRUTHER THOMSON 37; 



Roslin to attend the funeral. He was a Lieut. -General 

 in the army and Lieut. -Colonel of the Fife Light Horse. 

 He commanded the 9th Lancers when I joined in 1 836. 



So many mistakes arose in the consequence of 

 there being two roads between the kennels at Brix- 

 worth and the house at Pitsford that I decided to 

 live at Brixworth. I got possession of the " Nelson" 

 public house, and had to take over all the pewter 

 pots and the beer pump with it! I also got Dr. 

 Noble's house, which was next to it, and I joined 

 the two together. The kitchen was in Noble's house, 

 and I made a "buttery-hatch" in the wall to put 

 the dinner through into the dining-room. 



1866. The first hunt was at Althorpe on the 

 1 3th August. Dick Roake, kennel huntsman ; 

 Tom Firr, second whip ; and Will Goodall came 

 from George Fitzwilliam. 



3Oth November, 1866. The meet was at Duston. 

 About eight o'clock in the morning Dick rushed into 

 my house in his shirt sleeves and said, " What shall 

 we do, sir ? George has fed the wrong lot of hounds." 

 "Why the devil didn't you feed them yourself? 

 What have you got that are not fed ? " " Seven 

 couple of cripples or short of work." "Take all 

 the lightest feeders, give them all a dose of salt and 

 water and send them out to walk." About ten 

 o'clock we drew seventeen couple, and started not 

 very cheerfully. When we got to Brampton some 

 of them looked like drums, so we shut them up at 

 Sanders' house. The moment the hounds were 

 in covert a great banging fox came out across the 



