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over the Pentlands, down to the reservoir at St 

 Catherine's. He had gone through it on the north 

 side, and from there down the Glencorn burn, 

 nearly to the North Esk. Leaving this for another 

 burn across the country, he headed back to the 

 reservoir at St Catherine's, where, on account of 

 the water being too high, he could not be moved. 

 This otter must have travelled nearly twenty miles 

 during the night, and it was well for Mr Hill that 

 his terriers were long-legged ; and that he himself 

 is always in condition summer or winter, or he 

 would have seen nothing of the fun on that hot 

 and very wet September morning." We wonder 

 how far the members of a modern otter-hunting 

 field would get, if asked to follow hounds on a hot 

 drag for twenty miles ? Not far we'll warrant, for 

 most of them would swear that hounds were on a 

 fox. 



People who incautiously " tail " an otter are very 

 apt to get bitten, and regarding this The Druid 

 says : " In all these forays Mr Hill has never got 



heavily bitten himself ; but many years ago, when 



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