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"My dear IL, 



" As your pack will be short in numbers, 

 I have sent Jack with a few hounds I have lately 

 purchased, untried by me, which I hope may prove 

 of some little service to you. 



" Yours very truly, 



" DuciE. 

 "P.S. — I selected those most likely to suit you 

 as to height.'' 



On another occasion his generosity was tested 

 in rather a ludicrous manner. He was staying 

 with me (during his father's lifetime) for a few 

 days, when dining with us one evening at a neigh- 

 bour's house, the lady having seen some beautiful 

 geraniums presented by him to my wife, asked 

 him if he could spare her a few plants from his 

 magnificent collection, 



" Oh, yes," was the ready reply, " a waggon- 

 load if you like," little suspecting that he would 

 be taken literally at his word. Such, however, 

 was the case ; for happening to be on a visit at 

 Woodchester Park that same summer, we were 

 walking together, when the Earl, seeing a waggon 

 drawn by three horses coming down the drive, ex- 

 claimed, " Whose waggon can that be, Henry, 

 coming towards the house?" 



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