THE FIRST PACKS 



geons etc. and headed by Col. Luttrell^ with his 

 Sabre which at present surround this place. 



I was just on my departure for England, but 

 obliged to postpone it till I can put Lady Irnham 

 under a proper protection in my absence. 



I am glad to hear you have had such good sport 

 and any day you please to give notice to Lady 

 Irnham of yr. intention to take a Day's Hunting 

 here, the Gates shall be open, but I trust to yr. 

 Managemt. not to spoil the Demesne. 

 I remain. My Dear Sir, 

 Your very Old Friend and most Devoted 



Servt., 



Irnham. 



From other letters preserved at Castletown I find 

 there was a pack of hounds running at or near 

 Castlemartin in 1780, for Lord Shannon, writing 

 to Mr Conolly in December of that year on another 

 subject, adds a postscript: 



*' N.B. — I was drench 'd in a Drain foxhunting this 

 morn, and have left the Foxhunters to say as 

 much." 



Finally, Baron Dillon, writing in 1783 from 

 Lismullen, co. Meath, on the 2nd February has 

 this, 



*The famous Colonel Luttrell, the candidate of the Court 

 against John Wilkes in the Middlesex election of 1769. 



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