REMINISCENCES 



Mr Hill took to otter-hunting, and the sport agreed 

 with him so well, that he hunted practically every 

 river in Scotland, and lived to be far advanced in 

 years. 



When the West Lothian Foxhounds were in 

 existence, Mr Hill used to run with them, and saw 

 as much sport as most of the mounted brigade. 



In " Field and Fern," The Druid wrote regard- 

 ing Mr Hill : " Some years ago he had a pack of 

 otterhounds in Monmouthshire, of the Welsh 

 breed, smooth and white with yellow ears ; for the 

 last five years he has had black and tans, a cross 

 between the bloodhound and rough Lancashire 

 hound, which is used in that country for otter and 

 foumart. Their nose is nearly equal to the Lan- 

 cashire hound, who are unrivalled in this respect 

 and never disposed to be tonguey. The blood- 

 hound cross also makes them more savage in their 

 worry, but they are often very unpleasant to 

 manage in kennel. Mr Hill has found the fox- 

 hound fail in working up to his otter in a cold drag, 



but excellent on the line when the game is fairly 



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