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half, as much for many things as I have paid for 

 the same at Danebury. With all your travelling 

 you must sustain considerable loss by the destruc- 

 tion of your clothes ; therefore for the future charge 

 me £200 a-year for their wear and tear ! " That 

 year I travelled 6155 miles, a large portion of it 

 by road. The distances were greatly increased in 

 some years, and for travelling expenses alone I 

 disbursed £3600 in one year. His Lordship would 

 never reduce his expenses by selling a horse. 

 " They will do for the gentlemen to ride," he would 

 say, Avhen advised to dispose of some ; and on 

 being told that they were too infirm to carry 

 gentlemen, he would get over the difficulty by 

 saying, " Then they will do to teach the little 

 boys how to ride." 



Although he had built a large number of new 

 stables, and converted into stables all available 

 buildings, still the accommodation was insuffi- 

 cient, and Lord George asked the Duke of Rich- 

 mond to permit him to erect more. " If you had 

 Chichester barracks," replied the Duke, laughing, 

 " you would fill all the stalls. You had better 

 get rid of some of your horses, as Kent recom- 

 mends." " How am I to get rid of them ? " 

 asked his Lordship. " Sell them, my Lord, if 

 you can," was my reply ; " if not, give them 

 away or shoot them," which his Grace thought 

 good sound advice. After much persuasion. Lord 

 George consented that fifteen should go to Tatter- 



