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CHAPTER XIV. 



Messrs. Starky, Atkins and Duffield, 



1866 TO 1867. 



Messrs. Atkins and Duffield, 1887 to 1888. 



No gentleman having come forward with an 

 acceptable offer to hunt the country, the follow- 

 ing letter was addressed to the committee by- 

 Messrs. Starky, Atkins, and T. Duffield : — 



Messrs. Starky, E. M. -Atkins and T. Duffield being 

 agreeable to take the country on the present terms, 

 viz., ;^8oo per ann. (and any surplus), paid half yearly 

 for three years, to hunt three days a week, provided 

 other arrangements could be made for stabling from 

 twelve to fifteen horses within a reasonable distance 

 from the kennels, which of course will remain in the 

 present place, unless a convenient farm could be 

 placed at our disposal. 



We wish it to be understood that in case of Lord 

 Uffington, Sir Wm. Throckmorton, or any good and 

 capable man coming forward, the matter is to drop 

 at once, and no notice need be taken of this letter. 



(Signed) T. Duffield. 



John Bayntun Starky. 

 E. Martin-Atkins. 

 Jan. the 6th, 1866. 



