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THE 



PYTCHLEY HUNT 



PAST AND PRESENT 



ITS HISTORY FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE FRFSE.VT 



DAY; WITH FERSONAL ANECDOTES, AND MEMOIRS 



OF THE MASTERS AND PRINCIPAL MEMBERS-, 



INCLUDING THE WOODLANDS; ALSO 



UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF 



SIR F. B. HEAD, Bart., 



BY THE LATE 



H. O. NETHERCOTE, Esq. 



FIFTY XEAE6 A MEIIBEK OF THIS FAMOIS HUNT. 



WITH PORTRAITS OF EARL SPENCER, SIR CHARLES KNIGHTLEY, COL. ANSTRUTHER THOMSON, 

 MR, GEORGE PAYNE, AND THE AUTHOR; AND A VIEW OF OLD PYTCHLEY HALL. 



EDITED BY 



CHARLES EDMONDS, 



EDITOR OF THE " ISHiM " SHAKESPEAKE ; " BASILICON DORON " OF KING JAMES I. ; 

 "the POETRY OP THE ANTI-JACOBIN," ETC. 



SECOND EDITION. 



LONDON : 



SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIYIXGTON, 



Limited, 

 §t. Sunstan's goxtsc, 



Fetter Lane, Fleet Steeet. 



1888. 

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