76 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



will be of little use, as, every fellow who goes rabbit 

 shooting with a gun of an evening is an opportunity 

 of destroying them. I am going from home for a few 

 days ; otherwise would have ridden over to Abingdon 

 for the chance of seeing you ; I know of no place in 

 any other part of the country where they can be 

 turned out with any chance of safety, so that you 

 had better use your own judgement after consulting 

 with Mr. Graham. With many thanks for your good 

 intentions towards preserving foxes, 



I remain, Yours most truly, 



William Codrington. 



Mr. Codrington gave up the country in 

 1824, when he returned to his own place in 

 Wiltshire, taking the hounds with him. He 

 hunted from Wroughton House, the country 

 now known as the South Wilts, until the vear 

 1838, when he went to the New Forest, 

 which he hunted until his death in the spring 

 of 1842. 



