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to the following for extracts from old diaries and 

 copies of old letters : — To Lord Bolton (Bolton 

 Hall), for extracts from tlie diary of his father, 

 the late Lord Bolton ; S. C. Scrope, Esq. 

 (Danby Hall) for several items from his great- 

 grandfather's diary ; William Purchas, Esq. 

 (Flanders Hall) for copies of old letters relating to 

 the Thoralby and Burton, and Askrigg Harriers, 

 from the diary of his grandfather, Squire Willis, 

 of Warnford ; and the Rev. H. G. Topham 

 (Middleham) for information concerning the pack 

 kept at Middleham by his father, Christopher 

 Topham, Esq. ; and several others for kind aid 

 rendered. 



I feel that my book is still incomplete, but, 

 having been for so many years away from my old 

 home, I naturally am not quite in touch with the 

 up-to-date doings in the Dale. 



