2 54 THE MASTER OF HOUNDS 



"Academy" contains 12 plates, and the "Annals of 

 Horsemanship " 17, and all after H. W. Bunbury. 



Another edition, 1808. 4to. Plates as before. 



Another edition, 1809. 8vo. 29 coloured plates 

 by Rowlandson. 



Another edition, 1812. Folio. 29 coloured plates. 



Another edition, n.d. 8vo. Ackermann. 29 

 coloured plates by Rowlandson and others. 



An edition of 1822, in 2 vols., roy. 4to., is of no 

 importance, and of but little value. The plates are 

 reduced copies. 



Further information in regard to this eccentric 

 doctor can be found in Geoffrey Gambado, by a 

 Humourist Physician, a rare book, though only pub- 

 lished in 1865. 



Peter Beckford died on February 18, 181 1, and was 

 buried at Stapleton, in Dorset. Over his grave are 

 these lines : 



" We die and are forgotten ; 'Tis Heaven's decree ; 

 Thus the fate of others will be the fate of me." 



But Peter Beckford's name will never be forgotten, 

 for he was the first English writer to describe 

 minutely and accurately the system of fox-hunting, 

 and the work quoted below is still regarded as an 

 authority. He was also an eminent scholar, and it was 

 said of him by Sir Egerton Brydges that " he would 

 bag a fox in Greek, find a hare in Latin, inspect his 

 kennels in Italian, and direct the economy of his 



