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to whom the Moors owed their victory on that fatal 

 day, palters with him and puts him off. "For a hare," 

 he says, " would Roland sound his horn all day, and 

 at this moment he is most likely laughing with his 

 twelve Peers over the fright he has caused us." 



James I., although by no means an admirable king, 

 had, to his credit, a real love of hunting in all its 

 branches. He certainly kept harriers as well as stag- 

 hounds, and among the expenses of his establishment 

 are to be found the following entries : 



£ 5. d. 



" To Sir Patrick Howme, Master of the Privy 

 Harriers, for his fee 1 20I. per annum, and for 

 keeping one footman, four horses, and twenty 

 Couple of Dogs, 100/. per annum . . . 220 o o 



To Richard Gwynne, Groom of the Harriers to 

 the Prince, 1 3^. per diem, and twenty shilUngs 

 per annum for his Livery . . . . 20 15 o 



To John Waters, Yeoman of the Harriers to the 



King, twelve pence per diem . . . 1850 



Robert Rayne, Serjeant of the King's Buckhounds, 

 received ;^5o per annum ; in addition, as one of the 

 Yeomen of the Privy Harriers, he drew £36 yearly. 



Queen Ehzabeth kept " Buck Hounds," " Hart 

 Hounds," " Hunting Harriers," and " Otter Hounds." 

 Among her expenses are to be found the following : 



Master of the Harriers Fee ..... 



Yeoman's Fee ....... 



Officers and others serving under the same 

 Master, Wages and Allowances . 



Total . . 96 7 8 



Otter-hounds cost her, apparently, no more than 

 £13 6s. 8^. per annum for Master's fee ; probably 

 servants of the other packs were employed with otter 

 in summer. Buckhounds cost £92 9s. 2d. and Hart 



