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lightly refused. The question is, Are the social and 

 political advantages sufficient to counterbalance the 

 duties, some of which may not be agreeable to you ? 

 In the first place, the position for Lady Rosslyn and 

 her daughters is everything to be desired, and for 

 yourself also. What the duties on the Treasury 

 Bench may be, I do not know, but nothing that you 

 cannot perform with ease. With regard to the 

 hunting, I can say more. 



"If you accept the position, you must do the 

 duty you must come on parade, and not leave the 

 huntsman entirely to his fate. As to hunting, it has 

 never been so well done since your father was 

 Master, and it ought to be done as he did it. He 

 used to say that if any foreigners were at Windsor, 

 and came to see the establishment, that it ought to 

 be worth looking at. I do not mean to say that 

 you can do it as well as he did, for I never knew 

 any one who could ; but I am sure you can do it 

 as well as anybody else, and better than it has been 

 done lately, and it is so long ago since he was Master 

 that there are not many left to draw comparisons. 



" I was out the year before last. The men 

 were not well mounted, no two of the horses the 

 same pattern ; the first whip on a hot beast that 

 commenced proceedings by kicking a hound head 

 over heels a most ignoble proceeding for a hunt 

 horse. The horse department you can do as well 

 as any one. 



"Goodall is a delicate man, but he is a respect-* 

 able, good servant, very civil and pleasant, and a 



