20 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



distance off, kennels for seventy - five couple of 

 hounds were erected, together with stabling for 

 some fifty horses. The kennels were never very 

 satisfactory, however, and there was constant ill- 

 ness among the hounds. On the other side of his 

 country Mr Farquharson had a hunting-box at 

 Cattistock, and for over fifty years he hunted 

 this large territory at his own expense six days 

 a-week. 



With all classes Mr Farquharson was popular. 

 Three times in the course of his hunting career he 

 received practical proof of the good feeling existing 

 with the landowners and farmers of the district. 

 The first of these testimonials was presented to 

 him in 1827, and took the form of a handsome 

 Etruscan vase and shield, for which the substantial 

 sum of £1150 had been raised. Again at the end 

 of fifty years' mastership a magnificent pair of 

 silver candelabra were subscribed for, and the 

 balance of the £1800 collected was expended on 

 a portrait of the Master painted by Mr — after- 

 wards Sir — Francis Grant. In this picture Mr 

 Farquharson is on his favourite horse Botanist, 

 and has Rarity, one of the best hounds in his pack, 

 at his side. Before the painting was ready for 

 presentation Mr Farquharson had announced his 

 intention of resigning, and it was therefore at a 

 farewell meeting with the members of his hunt 

 that he received it. 



Mr Farquharson married as his second wife Mrs 

 John Phelips, widow of the Squire of Montacute, 



