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Tynefield in East Lothian, a litter was reared there every 
year; and I well remember the delight with which we used 
to watch the youngsters as they played at the mouth of the 
earth. 
In the volumes of the “ Old Statistical Account,’ the Fox 
is perhaps more frequently mentioned than any other wild 
animal. The writer of the article on the parish of Bowden 
(Roxburghshire) tells us (vol. xvi., p. 239) that “much [injury] 
was formerly sustained from foxes, to which the furze and 
brushwood on the lower skirts of Eildon, both in this and 
Melrose parish, afford cover. Of late, however, their number 
has been diminished by the noblemen and gentlemen of the 
Caledonian Hunt and others who keep hounds.” In the 
Account of Duddingston (vol. xviil, p. 374), it is recorded 
that “Foxes from the neighbouring hill or plantations some- 
times invade the farm-yards.” Stark, in his “ Picture of 
Edinburgh” (6th ed., 1834, p. 322), states that it is “ occasion- 
ally seen on the southern declivities of Arthur Seat hills,” a 
locality in which I have good reason to believe it has been 
observed up to a much more recent date. Mr Harold 
Raeburn tells me that his brothers have seen one well within 
the city boundary, near the Dean, within the last three or 
four years. 
Such place-names as Todholes near Balerno, Todhills near 
Dalkeith, ete., perpetuate the old Scotch name for the Fox. 
LUTRA VULGARIS ral. OTTER. 
The Otter occurs permanently or at intervals on all our 
rivers and larger streams, but only in very limited numbers. 
Without attempting to give an exhaustive list of localities 
and occurrences, I. may mention that I have on several 
occasions seen their footprints or “seals ” on the banks of the 
Biel burn in East Lothian, and only the other day by the 
Esk within the deer-park at Dalkeith Palace; and that, 
besides specimens killed in these places, I have, during the 
last few years, either examined examples or had their occur- 
rence reported to me from the Tyne; the South Esk, on which 
one (of two) was captured near Dalhousie Castle in 1889; the 
