Excerpt from The Eighth Duke of Beaufort and the Badminton Hunt: With a Sketch of the Rise of the Somerset FamilyTo the present Duke of Beaufort I am greatly indebted not only for the loan of valuable books and papers, but for advice and assistance as to the plan of the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.