THE FIRST PACKS 



hunt was in full cry, so to speak, on these modest 

 lines, for the members were each allotted the terms 

 of mastership by a meeting of December i, 1782. 

 The list seems worth setting out as showing the 

 active sportsmen with the Ballylinan hunt for that 

 season. 



" The Fortnight's Hunting as drawn by Lotts 

 ist Deer. 1782. 



The existing records of the Ballylinan Hunt are 

 not very full, but they contain some details of 

 interest. The subscription was eventually fixed at 

 ten guineas, with an entrance fee of five guineas, this 

 last being devoted to the fund for the horses of the 

 hunt servants. The Hunt dined on the first Monday 



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