| Description | Letter written from 35 Gordon Square, London, dated 17 November, thanking him for a gift of game. Martineau notes that acceptance of game from Philips gives him 'none of the compunction' which 'spoils' the taste of 'Scotch venison procured through the barbarous monopoly of vast ranges of forest and mountain, and the lawless closing of immemorial rights of way...' Comments are made about the 'overstraining of landlord power' which is 'rapidly setting up Irish difficulties in Scotland.' |