Eccords of the Old Charlton Hunt 



him for It) my old Friend Fregus whofe voice I rememberd, 

 gives an account of many fine chafes y*' you have had, but 

 tells me emphatically, y^ they have all been since y'^ L** 

 Delawar came av^ay, by his repitilion of this fact, I shou'd 

 fear my noble friend is not in y*^ good Graces of y* Bafe cour 

 at Charlton, we have had two or three days good sport 

 togeather ; yefterday we had y® beft chafe for three hours 

 y* I have seen this many a day I dont know y* y^ hounds 

 were at a fault in y^ whole time we were once near twenty 

 miles from y'' Place we found him. INIoft of our Horfes 

 were near up, being in a steep Country by Aylsford in Kent 

 were I never was before, my Compliments to all y*^ good 

 Company, with my refpects to Her Grace 



I am your slave 

 Grafton. 



It is now ten at night, my servant y* went this morning 

 is not come from Croydon I wifh y"" Hound did not goe 

 out with ten Couple y* were left at Euston & are juft 

 brought up & Hunted to day.* 



* I cannot make head or tail of this sentence ! I gather, however, that 

 <( ye Hound " is intended by his Grace as an uncomplimentary reference to 

 his servant ; beyond that the meaning is obscure. 



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