Records of the Old Charlton Hunt 



as look att a Sheep, and will not offer to run att the Deer, 



how they will behave when they have found of a scent I 



cannot say. I hope you have not forgot to write about 



having the Kennell and Stables att Findon repair'd, pray 



order the Troughs for the Hounds to feed in to be mended 



if they want, or new ones to be made if these are past 



repairing ; Consider the Time draws nigh. My most 



humble Service to her Grace and beleive me my Dear Duke 



your most faithful! 



& Obedient Servant 



DeLawarr. 



From Mr, Peacheyy Newgrove ? to the DuJce of Richmond^ 



at Charlton, 



[Thanking him for not considering him a " Spoilsport."] 



Jan. 19, 1737. 



My L^ 



I receiv'd you Graces of the IGth, I am obliged to you 

 for the just opinion that you entertain of me, that I would 

 not disturb the sport of any Gentlemen, to which I must 

 add, still less of any persons of Quality, and I assure you 

 least of all that of your Grace. I keep finders which are 

 half bred spaniels, & a brace of Greyhounds perfectly for 

 my health, & the morning at this time of the year being to 

 cold for old men, I goe out in the midle of the day, for 

 about three or four hours, & that is about three miles 

 southward of my house, and never up the hill I can assure 

 you that my finders can not hurt a fox, nor will they hunt 

 him, nor when I kept hound did ever suffer them to hunt a 



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