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but continued to hunt the hounds for Mr. 

 King. In 1887 Mr. King determined to 

 hunt his hounds himself, so Mr. Brown took 

 the mastership of the North Cornwall, which 

 was then vacant, and hunted them for two 

 seasons. In 1889 the Old Berkshire became 

 vacant by the resignation of Messrs. Van de 

 Weyer and Duffield, and Mr. Brown offered 

 his services upon condition that he should be 

 allowed to hunt the hounds himself, and was 

 accepted by the Committee, a subscription of 

 ^1,000 being guaranteed. Mr. Brown, follow- 

 ing as he did a Master of such local popularity 

 and munificence as Mr. Van de Weyer, had 

 a difficult task to fulfil. He found the un- 

 avoidable expenditure greater than he had 

 anticipated, so he sent in his resignation in 

 1 89 1, declining an offer to hunt again for 

 another season upon an increased subscription 

 of ^1,200. The hounds were then taken by 

 Captain John Orr-Ewing, then residing at 

 Kitemore, near Faringdon. Mr. Brown re- 

 mained to hunt them for the new Master, and 

 continued to do so until Captain Orr-Ewing's 

 resignation in 1893. Mr. Cyril Peter Hoblyn 

 took the North Cornwall Hounds in that year, 

 and invited Mr. Brown to hunt them for him. 

 In this post Mr. Brown remained for two years; 

 since then he has been engaged in agricul- 



