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wynd (the old kennels at New Inn being thirteen 

 miles from Charleton added a good deal to the 

 day's work). There were some ruinous buildings 

 at Harleswynd and two cottages. I drew the plan 

 myself and my forester, William Johnstone, carried 

 out the work. The kennels were finished and fires 

 lighted on 26th September. Cub-hunting com- 

 menced on the same day at Ladybank. Hounds 

 were moved from New Inn to Harleswynd on ist 

 November. 



I engaged Tom Hastings as kennel huntsman ; 

 Jack Shepherd remained as second whip, and Fred 

 Whitehall came as second horseman. 



Hastings came from Mr. Egerton in Kent. I 

 had known him for some years previously. He 

 whipped-in to John Atkinson when Sir David Baird 

 and Sir Alex. Kinloch were masters in East 

 Lothian ; after that he whipped-in to Bob Worrall 

 with Warwickshire Hounds. He was a good horse- 

 man and capital whipper-in, and a very pleasant, 

 useful servant. He caught cold hunting on foot in 

 the snow, and at the end of the season, April, 1878, 

 got inflammation in his lungs and had to leave. 

 I got him a place as groom to go to Pau with Lord 

 Howth. He was put on there as whipper-in, and 

 sent me the following amusing letter : 



"24 AVENUE PARTE XEUVE. 

 "PAU, BASSE PYRNEESE, April, 1870. 



" HONBLE. SIR, 



" I thank you very much for your kind 

 letter, and should have answered it before, but have 



