Records of the Old Charlton Hunt 



Window room on that floor, When IMiss Wests are att 

 Bolderwood their Harpsicord will be also put there, so that 

 I intend it as a Family assembly room, which as it has no 

 communication with the old house, but by the new Stair 

 case, will yet remain quite private if any Strangers dine 

 with me, or if any very ceremonious person should by some 

 great miracle lay a night there. I now proceed to give you 

 my reasons for putting wainscot in the Stone Parlour. That 

 room is intended only for dining in when I come from 

 shooting in Winter, or with a small Company ; as the Guns, 

 Hats, Canes, Shot pouches, Dog couples, and many such 

 like ornaments, will be hung up there, the putting up of 

 pegs would be always making Holes in the Stucco, and as 

 the room is so fmall the Servants moving the Chairs and 

 Table would be eternally damaging the Stucco which would 

 ruffle my Sweet Temper. The other rooms are to be 

 stucco, only because it is cheaper for I own I do not love it, 

 because of the Eccho, which makes such a Confusion of 

 Sound, one cannot, without better Ears than mine, hear 

 one another Speak distinctly. As to the Square Holes 

 over the Chimney, I was told it was to save Bricks, and 

 discharge the Weight from each Arch of the Chimney, 

 it will be stop'd up in my stone parlour, but in the next 

 it will make an Excellent Cupboard for Madam Thorton to 



keep Sweatmeats and Sugars very dry I hope you have 



had, as much rain as we had last Wednesday Evening, that 

 and the Wind now changing will contribute to your Sport, 

 which I wish quite to your Grace's Satisfaction. To be 

 sure New hounds in a pack never show att first, but I have 

 always heard, from those that used to crack them up, only 

 of their very hard running, which caused me to doubt with 



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