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was awfully cold, and my wife went inside. Lady 

 Westmoreland was staying there. 



1 4th. Returned to Bath. 



1 8th. We went to Sydling. 



1 9th. I hunted at Bridport with Chandy, the 

 Colefoxes' place. 



2Oth. Met near Sydling. Chandy gave wife a 

 mount, a lovely white horse called " Foot-it ". Scent 

 bad ; not much sport. 



2 1 st. Another hunt with Chandy. Middle- 

 marsh, the Blackmore Vale Hounds. Left Evershot 

 station and went to London. 



26th. Returned to Bath. 



27th. -Badminton Steeplechase. Trained to 

 Chippenham, and from there on the Devizes coach ; 

 Walters drove. 'Towney" Oswald went with us. 

 It poured most of the time. 



3<Dth April. We went to Adderley for Sunday. 

 Spent the afternoon with Reggie Corbet in the 

 kennels ; a lovely pack of hounds. Young Charlie 

 Littleworth, huntsman. 



In September, 1892, the Duke of Cambridge 

 came to Edinburgh to inspect the Carabineers in 

 Duddingston Park. I took " Sultan " over, a beauti- 

 ful black horse, who had been my son's charger in 

 the 2nd Life Guards. Colonel Macgeorge was in 

 command of the regiment, and I went to luncheon 

 at Piershill after the inspection. General Annesley 

 was the general in command of the Scottish district. 



My youngest child was born on the igth of 

 October and named Rachel Jean, 



