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" That the committee of the South Devon Hunt hereby 

 express their readiness to grant or let to the Mid-Devon Hunt, 

 so long as they observe the strict laws of hunting, the occupa- 

 tion of that portion of their country which lies on the North 

 and West of the road leading from Moretonhampstead to 

 Princetown (as shewn by a plan) in consideration of the pay- 

 ment to them of £5 a year (being a subscription to the 

 Warreners' Fund) such country to be held by the Mid-Devon 

 Hunt, but no other, so long only as it exists, it being expressly 

 understood that if the Mid-Devon Hunt is given up, the 

 country in question is at once to revert to the South Devon 

 Hunt ; and, further, that in case of a question of any kind 

 arising between the two Hunts the same is to be referred to 

 the M. F. H. Association, whose decision the two hunts shall 

 accept, act up to, and be bound by." 



Harmony was thus restored. The most cordial 

 relations have ever since obtained between the two 

 hunts, and many a pleasant day has each enjoyed, by 

 invitation, in its neighbour's country. 



Few people realize the amount of work which this 

 arbitration involved. Its success was due to the 

 energy of the master, Dr. Gaye, to the tact and good 

 temper of the honorary secretary, Mr. George Hext, 

 who had the conduct of the negotiations with the 

 other side, to the generous services of Mr. Arthur 

 Rendell, whose intimate knowledge of the country 

 was invaluable, and, above all, to the ability and 

 untiring zeal of his brother, Mr. Lewis Rendell, who, 

 being in practice in London as a solicitor, undertook 

 the preparation of the Case to be laid before the 

 Association and the evidence in support of it. 



On him fell the labour of sorting, dissecting and 

 arranging the mass of correspondence and other 

 material gathered together by the industry of the 

 others, of digesting its contents, sifting the evidence 

 and reducing the whole into order, and of preparing 



