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Mr. Loder's desire to mention the above and ask 

 them if they approved of the plan and terms with 

 respect to their covers. Mr. Hallett was not at 

 home ; Mr. Loveden was, and approved of the 

 whole (present during the conversation Mrs. Loveden 

 and Mr. Townsend of Glos'tershire). Mr. Symonds 

 afterwards saw Mr. Goodlake, a friend of Mr. Hal- 

 lett, to whom he related the above and who pro- 

 mised at Mr. S.'s request to mention it to Mr. 

 Hallett, viz., that Mr. Bowes was with his permission 

 to have the privilege of drawing Faringdon Grove, 

 jointly with Mr. Loder. 



N.B. — Mr. Loder has not permitted his hounds to 

 draw that cover since the agreement took place, not 

 having yet seen Mr. Hallett to know if he approved 

 of it or not. 



Feb. loth. The hounds were sent to Beckett on 

 the above terms. Mr. Price now proposed, in order 

 to prevent any future misunderstanding, or disagree- 

 ment, and the words he made use of were, ** Let us 

 understand each other, do you not come near us 

 with your hounds, and we will not come near you. 

 Mr. S. understood him to mean that the division 

 should take place at once, the same as agreed to be 

 at the end of the three years ; and the country not 

 to be considered neutral. Mr. S. agreed to this, and 

 always considered that the Wantage road from 

 Faringdon to that place was the division of the 

 country, Faringdon Grove only on the Hinton side 

 being neutral with the consent of Mr. Hallett. 



So much for Mr: Symonds' version of the 



matter. Mr. Bowes's is shown in the followino; 



letter : — 



Beckett, August 28th, 1800. 

 Sir, — Mr. Bowes having the gout in his left hand, 

 has employed me as his amanuensis. He has expected 



