THOMAS WESTLAKE lOS 



coimtiy, Westlake accepted the o&r to take ids 

 into that coontrv ooce a week. Two yeais affcerwaids, 

 in I&60, he was fomiaDv appointed master d tibe 

 South Devon in sacoesskm to Sir Hauy, and tfaoe- 

 upon moved to Oakfnd, KingsteigiiftQii, and built 

 kenneis in the ordiard adjoiomg. Yandbig tlidr 

 romplftkm, the pack was kefmeDed for a time in the 

 dlav cellars at Teignbridge. Hie Oakfcad k^«ii>glg joe 

 stiQ in exist^ice and for the past Iwenly yeazs hare 

 been oeca^^ed by the Haldon Haniexs. On learBig 

 Mc^etcmhampstead Mr. Westlake was psesented witii 

 a atva huntiiig-faoin bearing the foflowii^ inscx^ 

 ti<xi : 



P i tM m te d to 



Maretam Friatds 



1865. 



The success to which Westlakt - : 



adueved all in a momfnt, R is ^ 



first seas<HL so far as coocexned kilfe^ f:xr< 

 Xewtcm side ol the country, was a £ufaire. 7 

 was pubheh" ecHmnerafced upon by "The I>e 

 1828* 1 and is adimtted by Major R. l 

 Ashburton, a friend and suppoft^ of Westlake 

 one oi. the hard-nding drrtsaon of tii: ' 

 caiefuDy kept hunting-diary. Major I 

 for this in part by thae bdng no re^ 

 to the pack daring t^ first two season - 

 that he hopes to see better tinys, as a -r 

 to be engaged. Hk entries ft* the sc 

 are also prefaced by the remark. " Mr. W 



» Mr. C- A. Hi^_- 



