ISO THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



have your exclusive permission to draw them as long 



as I hunt the country. 



I am, &c., &c., 

 Thos. Thornhill Morland. 

 Viscount Barrington, 



Cavendish Square. 



20, Cavendish Square, June 13th, 1844. 

 My Dear Morland, — In reply to letter of the 

 1 2th, I may say that I perfectly well recollect the 

 meeting of proprietors of coverts at Faringdon in 

 1832, and the arrangements for dividing the Berks 

 country, which were not to prejudice the old country, 

 but were entered into solely for the benefit of Mr. 

 Moreton, now Lord Ducie. Indeed, I remember 

 Mr. Pryse saying that he gave Mr. Moreton the 

 privilege of hunting Buscot because he was the son 

 of his old friend Lord Ducie, and he would not allow 

 his coverts to be drawn by anyone else. I certainly 

 do consider my Beckett as belonging to the Berk- 

 shire country, and under all the circumstances of the 

 case, I believe I am consulting the wishes of many of 

 my neighbours, as well as my own inclination, by 

 your having my exclusive permission to draw the 

 Beckett coverts. 



Believe me, my dear Morland, 



Very sincerely yours, 



Barrington. 



Cirencester, June 17th, 1844. 

 My Dear Morland, — I cannot in any way agree 

 to the proposal contained in your letter of the nth to 

 Dutton, viz., that I should consent to refer the claim 

 you are endeavouring to establish to those whose 

 views you have already ascertained to be in accord- 

 ance with your own. 



