282 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1866 



him. The old Saffron was still in the kennels in Mr North's 

 time, although not as a working hound. He still, how- 

 ever, retained his good scenting powers, but on what he 

 considered a poor day's sport he would leave the pack and 

 go home alone. We remember Lord Willoughby de Broke 

 telling us of another hound wdiich hunted for many seasons, 

 and invariaT)ly went home when one run had been obtained 

 and a fox killed. 



I remember on one occasion durin«' this season a 

 clergjniian came to stay with me in Scotland, and went out 

 trout fishing while I was shooting. Towards evening he 

 became very tired, and went dow^n to the head keeper's 

 house to wait for me. I found him there fast asleep, lying 

 on his back on the grass with his mouth wide open. His 

 face was naturally very pale, and when the old keeper went 

 up to him, and had looked at him for some time, he said 

 to me, " Mon, but he's deed.'' I replied, " All right, Allan, 

 he is not dead, because you can see his breathing." Allan 

 stooped down, and, after again looking very closely at the 

 parson, said, " Well, indeed, he is no deed, but he is far 

 tlirouf/h^' (very drunk). 



On another occasion, when I arrived with the same 

 keejDer at the place where we intended to begin shooting, 

 w^e found the two gillies, who had been sent on beforehand, 

 lying across each other on the ground, both of them having 

 had too much whiskey over night and in the early morning. 

 Allan gave the one who was lying upj^ermost a tremendous 

 kick, and he got up. The same treatment was then 

 administered to the other, but he did not move, so the old 

 man said to me, " Angus will do, but Sandy, indeed, is/<7r 

 fln'0i///li ." 



I also remember employing a gillie, who was a unique 

 si^ecimen of a Highlander, always wearing the kilt, and 

 very good looking. He was— at all times — called " the 

 Graul," and appeai-ed to have no other name. He could 

 see deer at a long distance without a glass, and on one 

 occasion, when we Avere grouse shooting and a bird had 

 been lost, he was leading the pannier pony at a great 



