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10. Black Barb filhj, 40 guineas, in foal by Othello. A 

 black mare, got by the Earl of March's Barb, three years 

 old, out of Brown Snip. 



11. Grey Barh filly, 40 guineas, in foal by Blossom. A 

 grey mare, four years old, got by the Earl of March's 

 Barb ; her dam by a son ^ of the Bloody-shouldered Arabian, 

 her grandam by Terror, her great-grandam by the Pelham 

 bay Barb, out of a natural mare. 



APPENDIX AA. 



MiDDLETON, Aug. 9, 1729. 



My dear Mrs. Howard, — 



{a blot liere) 

 You are resolved not to send the first 

 blot, so you see I do : pray write something by the first 

 opportunity, for though I am as fully employed as heart 

 can wish, I find I have time to think of you. I am 

 surprised you would not send me the good news of Lord 

 Herbert's safe return, and a great deal of him. For 

 though he has had nothing to say for himself, there must 

 undoubtedly be a great deal to be said of him. What 

 can be said for his inhuman usage to so many persons of 

 wit is past imagination. Pray, tell me if Mrs. Herbert is 



^ The son of the Bloody -shouldered Arabian was out of a well- 

 bred daughter of Mixhury. Blossom was got by the Godolphin 

 Arabian, his dam by Crab, his grandam by Childers, his great- 

 grandam by Grantham, his great-great-grandam by the Duke of 

 Rutland's Paget Turk, and out of a daughter of Lord's Arabian 

 called Betty Percival. 



