Identificatie
referentie code
HOUG/A/B/9/8
Titel
Letter from John William King to Lord Houghton
Datum(s)
- 19 Jan. 1870 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
1 folded sheet.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Ashby de la Launde, near Sleaford. - Re shooting in Houghton's part of Martin Wood, Timberland; has 'collected the Tribute by my own gun, with some in addition for my own larder'. The birds are 'not as fat as usual'; asks that they be kept separate from the others in Houghton's larder: it is usual now to feed pheasants on 'Indian Corn - which causes the flesh to be dry and insipid - & the flesh is yellow - & soon rancid. Whereas these birds have been fed on Barley and Pease'.