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horses and carriages will be at a premium all the 

 time. ' The Luttrell Arms ' is the Dunster hostelry, 

 'The Feathers' the Minehead ditto. Now / have 

 said my say, let me hear yours. All kind love and 

 regards. 



" Ever yours affectionately, 



"J. RUSSELL. 



" My horses shall meet you anywhere, and on 

 any day you will name." 



"ToRDowN, BARNSTAPLE, 

 " gth August, 1879. 



" Many happy returns of this day to you, my dear 

 Jack ! I drank it this morning in a cup of tea before 

 I left my bed, and I will drink it again, in a glass of 

 the old Falernian, before I retire to it this evening. 



"My plans for the coming campaign are as 

 follows. I shall hunt with the Staghounds every 

 day from home till Friday the 2 1 st. On that day I 

 am ordered to accompany the Prince from Dunster 

 Castle to Hawkcombe Head, and, of course, shall go 

 there the day before, and return with the party 

 (unless the hounds finish on this side of the moor to 

 Dunster), and come home next day. This is the 

 only engagement I have, or shall make, before you 

 and yours come here. I can take you all in, in a 

 small way, very comfortably, horses and man-servant. 



" Let me know for certain, as soon as you can, 

 when you will be here. The sooner the better for 

 me, for I want to look upon your genial Scotch faces 

 again. The horses are all crying ' Come and ride 



