ENGLISH. 37 



Thornton VVodehouse, R.A. (a relative by marriage), was sold at 

 " Christie's " on the nth June 1884, and was purchased by the 

 present Lord Orford, by whom it is now exhibited in the Gros- 

 venor Gallery. 



58. THORNTON (Colonel T.). A Sporting Tour 

 through various parts of France, in the year 1802. 

 . ... In a series of Letters to the Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Darhngton. To which is prefixed an Account 

 of French Wolf-hunting. By Colonel Thornton, of 

 Thornville Royal, Yorkshire. Illustrated, etc Albion 

 Press. Printed by James Cunder, Ivy Lane, for 

 Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, and C. Chappie, 

 Pall Mall, 1806. 2 vols. 4to. 



A portrait of the author carrying a favourite falcon forms a 

 frontispiece to the first volume. The original oil painting from 

 which this portrait was engraved is in the possession of the 

 Earl of Rosebery at the Durdans, Epsom. 



The appendix contains some practical remarks on pheasant- 

 hawking (pp. 230-234) with a description and plate of the 

 Hawk- house at Thornville Royal. 



59. HOWITT (Samuel). The British Sportsman : 

 Seventy plates, without text. London. 1 8 1 2. 4to. 



Includes four excellent engravings illustrative of Hawking — 

 namely, "Partridge-hawking," "Pheasant-hawking," "Duck- 

 hawking," and " Heron-hawking," thus lettered ; with the addi- 

 tional words "Republished by Edwd. Orme, Bond St. 1812." 

 The first edition appeared in 1800. 



60. CHAFIN (William). Anecdotes and History 



OF Cranbourn Chase. By William Chafin, clerk. 



London. 1 8 1 6. 8vo. 



First edition, pp. 56. Second edition, with additions, 1818, 

 pp. 103. Reviewed in the Gentkfnan's Magazine, 18 18. 



