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old Tom Grant, tlieir Imntsman, was, indeed, a sad one. 

 In 1813 tlie then Duke ^' g-ave them to tlie King- to hunt 

 calves, or donkeys, or something* of that sort ; what a pitj 

 they should have come to what they did !" 



On every showing- there is a g-ood man lost to us. As 

 jin honour to his Order, as a landlord, a neighbour, a good 

 soldier, and a good citizen, the Duke of Richmond was alike 

 to be lamented. We have seen him, as we have en- 

 deavoured to picture him, the munificent host of that 

 great Goodwood Carnival. We have heard his character 

 spoken to as we have driven through his estates in North 

 Britain. We have watched him in more recent times 

 wake up at the old war cry, and march through the 

 streets of Edinburgh at the head of his regiment to meet 

 his sovereign. We have joined in when men rose again 

 and again to welcome him as the farmers' friend. And 

 of all we have seen and all we have heard there was but one 

 echo— the Duke of Richmond was .worthy of his rank 

 and of his fortunes, and a ^' noble man"' in the first and 

 best reading of the word. 



