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residence ; and on this account his majesty has taken measures 

 to enlarge it with several new apartments, and to improve the 

 prospect from it. He made his obeisance to his majesty, who 

 received him with an u usual degree of kindness, congratulating 

 him on his safe arrival. From the king's apartments, his 

 highness went to those of the Duke of York, to pay his 

 respects to his royal highness ; and after reciprocal compli- 

 ments, returned to his lodgings, supping alone as usual. 



" The house which the king at present inhabits, at New- 

 market, has been purcliased by his majesty of my Lord 

 O'Brien, an Irishman, Earl of Thomond, a descendant of the 

 ancient Earl of Thomond, of whose family was Donald III., 

 King of Ireland. 



" On the morning of the 8th, his highness impatiently 

 endeavoured to get himself exempted from attending the 

 usual religious services, that he might be in good time at the 

 king's house, but found that his majesty had already left 

 Newmarket on foot, to take exercise. On receiving this 

 information, his highness set out in the same manner, with 

 Colonel Gascoyne, Sir — Castiglioni,^^^ and his attendants, in 

 that direction which he heard the king had walked. He had 

 not gone many paces, before he met his majesty, who returned 

 home, in a plain and simple country dress, without any finery^ 

 but wearing the badges of the order of St. George and of the 

 Garter. His highness presented himself to his majesty, and 

 having exchanged compliments, accompanied him to his 

 residence, where they remained in conversation till the horses 

 were ready, on which they were to ride out again into the 

 country, to take the diversion of coursing hares, in those open 

 and naked plains. Having spent the remainder of the morning 

 in this amusement, they returned at midday, each betaking 

 himself to his quarters ; and his highness dined with the 

 gentlemen of his suite. After dinner the king with the duke 

 and Prince Rupert went on horseback, to a place a little from 

 Newmarket, and amused themselves with a game of tennis, 

 and his highness went out in his carriage in pursuit of the 

 birds called dotterel,* which in size and shape resemble a very 



* The dotterel was reckoned a very foolibh bird, and was believed to 



