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himself for about half an Hour, when being kill'd, 

 and brought out by the Help of a Boat, the 

 Huntsmen sounded the French Horns. The Skin 

 was taken off, and the Carcass given to the Dogs. 

 His Majesty, the Duke, and the Princess Royal 

 hunted on Horseback ; her Majesty and the Princess 

 Amelia hunted in a Four-wheel'd Chaise ; and the 

 Princess Carolina in a Two-wheePd Chaise ; and the 

 Princesses Mary and Louisa were in a Coach. Several 

 of the Nobility attended, and among them Sir Robert 

 Walpole, clothed in green, as Ranger. When the 

 Diversion was over, their Majesties, the Duke, and 

 the Princesses, refreshed themselves on the Spot with 

 a Cold Collation (as did the nobility at some Distance 

 of Time after), and soon after Two in the after- 

 noon return'd for Hampton Court.' l 



1 The Monthly Chronicle^ 1728, vol. i. p. 180. 



