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allowed. His Royal Highness, after alluding to 

 the pleasure he had in my lectures at Buckingham 

 Palace, and to the cosy little dinner-parties at the 

 White Lodge, chiefly chatted about the interest 

 of his sport in Germany, stalking and shooting 

 bustards, and whether they could be got back into 

 Norfolk, &c. At the dinner I sat opposite Prince 

 Alfred, and had some conversation with His Royal 

 Highness there, as well as after in the smoking- 

 room. There were gathered the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch, Lord Caithness, Lord Stanley, Hon. Mr. 

 Cowper, &c. 



' The Prince of Wales's Equerry, Colonel 

 Teesdale, gave me a very interesting account of 

 his Crimean adventures, and the siege of Kars. 

 I walked home with Fowler, sincerely congratu- 

 lating him on the success of his great day. I 

 also had the honour of a conversation with Prince 

 Teck. . . . Mr. Cooper writes that " Fulmer 

 Place " is in the market. The owner has had 

 losses. I think if I had thirty or forty thousand 

 pounds to spare I should be tempted ; it will 

 bring now a good figure, being so easily reached 

 by the Great Western Railway.' 



On August 26, 1 866, he writes to his wife, who is 

 away from home on a holiday : ' On Monday Lord 

 Russell rode over here before I had returned from 

 the British Museum, so yesterday I went over 

 to Pembroke Lodge. Lord R. was out riding, 

 but was expected shortly, so Lady R. pressed 



