SD548. Lord Petre to John Cook

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 338 (in part).

Thorndon

Jan 30th 1826

My dear Cook,

I am sorry to hear your family have been so ill but I have been with almost all my family ill.

I have been more fortunate lately in finding foxes, & have had Some capital runs & killed a great many foxes, sixteen brace. I hear a very bad account of Newman’s sport both as to runs & I hear has not killed more than three brace of foxes these last three months. Conyers has had some very good running but never kills not having killed more than four or five times since November. I wish he would let me have a try[.] I will bet him two to one I kill one out of three of his foxes, he turned out a bagman the other day in a little cove but could not even find him. The poor old fr had a bad fall on Monday but is doing we<ll> I hear. Wishing you a <speedy> return & success with your second edition[.]

I am yours truly

Petre

Address, on integral page: A Monsieur / Monsieur Cook / Post Restante / Honfleur / France.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.

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