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lished in 18 10. Mr. Harvey Combe's hunt 

 servants still wore the old straw - coloured 

 livery of the Berkeley Hunt. Both the great 

 Hunts of the West had adopted yellow as a 

 part of their livery ; that of the Beaufort 

 being blue and buff. Upon one occasion, at 

 a hunt luncheon, the Prince Regent proposed 

 the toast : — 



" Buff and Blue and Mrs. Carew," 

 to which the fair and witty lady at once replied 

 with — 



" Buff and Blue and all of you." 



Mr. Combe made his Berkshire quarters at 

 the house vacated by Mr. Codrington — New 

 House — and brought his hounds there, Wad- 

 ley being taken by his friend and supporter, 

 Mr. Majoribanks. A subscription of ^700 

 was guaranteed, the balance being provided by 

 Mr. Harvey Combe and Mr. Majoribanks. 



Mr. Combe was now hunting an enormous 

 extent of country. The country taken over 

 from Mr. Codrington was already very large, 

 and there was now added to it the extensive 

 Buckinghamshire country of the Old Berkeley 

 Hunt. This immense increase of country 

 necessitated an increase in the size of his pack, 

 and Mr. Harvey Combe purchased the hounds 

 with which Sir Joseph Astley had hunted in 

 Norfolk. He also said that nothine would 



