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distance covered by hounds that day after the turn-out I again 

 only saw him once, a long way off from the turn-out, until 

 we hunted up to him on some juniper-studded downland 

 near Lord Ashburton's place. I can see him now, standing 



RoBEET Baetlett, Fikst Whip to the Queen's Hounds, 

 May 1835 to January 1854 



\_The head of the family from whom the celebrated deer takes its name'] 



haunch-on to us against the steely blue afternoon sky, look- 

 ing back to see if we were coming. It was an inconvenient 

 place to take a deer, and there was nowhere to house him. 

 We were all the best and most understanding of friends. My 



