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at French Hoek together. It is a bonny
bit.

We are back in London and have just
been spending a last weekend with the
Lionel Phillips who sail next Saturday.
Harehope was a great success, & unless I
go hunting in Newfoundland we will take
it next year. I went up to the
Highlands for some deer-stalking. You
remember the Buchaille & the Glencoe hills.
Well I stalked all round there & sair
work it was. I slew a stag
near the top of the Bidean nam Bian.

Politics are in a fine tangle just now.
I rather agree with you about the Budget;

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Phillips

ubuchan

Harehope in the hills near Peebles was a house taken by the Buchan family, when Willie was home on leave from India. This makes this letter 1909, not 1907.

ubuchan

Lloyd George's famous People's Budget of 1909