THE REV. JOHN LODER 29 



Right by sufferance, is where a neighbouring Pack 

 avails itself of a vacancy, the Country at that time, 

 by some accident or other, being without any hounds. 

 A blot is no blot till it is hit ; and this possession is 

 no longer than it remains undisputed. Should the 

 Duke of Rutland part with his Foxhounds, Sir 

 Gilbert Heathcote may hunt the country, but should 

 the Duke, or any other gentleman in that neighbour- 

 hood, claim the country, with the consent and appro- 

 bation of the Proprietors, Sir Gilbert must return 

 from whence he came. You ask if the purchase of a 

 pack of hounds can establish a right. MOST CER- 

 TAINLY NOT. 



The hounds are moveable at the will of the pur- 

 chaser and may be carried into a distant country, 

 consequently there can be no inherent right in them, 

 when so removed. When Mr. Blair disposed of his 

 foxhounds to Lord Craven they were removed into 

 Berkshire, and I took possession of the Country. 



Covers must be regularly hunted to establish an 

 exclusive right. Mr. Farquharson has bought Mr. 

 Wyndham's hounds, and may hunt that country. 

 But since the hounds have been removed into a 

 distant and distinct country, in consequence of which 

 none of the Wiltshire Covers will be regularly hunted 

 and the greater part of them not hunted at all, should 

 Mr. Wyndham or any other gentleman of that neigh- 

 bourhood, at any time think proper to establish 

 another pack (provided it be with the consent and 

 approbation of the proprietors before mentioned) Mr. 

 Farquharson must resign the Country. Should you 

 ask on what these rights are founded, I shall answer 

 you in two words. On common sense. 



Stapleton, Nov. 26th, 1806. 



But to return to Lord Abingdon's letter. 



