4° THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



The " Sober Sweet " remained the rest of 

 his life at Hinton, and left a son, who died 

 there in 1864. 



The next point of interest is the nature of 

 the hunting establishment kept up by Mr. 

 Loder. The hounds were kept at Hinton. 

 The stables then extended across what is now 

 the kitchen garden. The kennel was situated 

 in the enclosure, now an orchard, but still 

 known as " Dog House Piece." The old 

 boiler house still remains. In the year 1799 

 Mr. Loder paid the following taxes, as ap- 

 pears from a receipt signed by the collector, 

 J. Salisbury : — 



Duty on male servants, £\^ los. 



Duty on horses for riding, £26. 



Duty on dogs, ^24 i8s. 



In the year 1799 Mr. Loder sold a draft of 

 between twenty and thirty couple of hounds 

 to Mr. Bowes of Beckett, Shrivenham, under 

 an arrangement which will be more fully des- 

 cribed in the next chapter. The above return 

 relates to the huntino- establishment after the 

 sale. 



Mr. Loder married, first, Barbara Ready, 

 by whom he had a daughter, who died un- 

 married ; second, his cousin Mary Carne, by 

 whom he had one daughter, Maria, who 

 married, first, Maximilian Western — who died 



