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crossing the line without taking any notice of it. I 

 have not had a hound injured in snow hunting but 

 by accident. 



1 8th May. — George Cheape, Jim Turnbull and I 

 agreed to go and have a tod hunt in the Highlands. 

 Turnbull being Lord Moray's factor, got leave from 

 him. I started by early train ; met Jack Shepherd 

 at Thornton with four couple of hounds and four 

 terriers, a sack of meal and a black pony called 

 "Rag". George Cheape joined us at Stirling, 

 having come down from London. We went by train 

 to Callander, put the sack of meal on the pony's 

 back and walked four and half miles to Milton, John 

 Stewart's. He is famous for his Highland cattle and 

 gets many prizes at the shows. Turnbull came down 

 later. He lived in the keeper's house and we dined 

 there. It was a hundred yards off and called Blair- 

 garry. 



Having fed the hounds and put the pony straight, 

 we took the terriers and walked up to the top of 

 Ben Ledi and tried the cairns, but there is such an 

 extent of them that it would take a whole pack to 

 draw them. Next morning we got up at daylight 

 and took the hounds and again went up the hill. 

 Tunnard, who was staying in the neighbourhood, 

 met us there. It was very cold in the morning. We 

 tried all the glens and walked till we were tired, and 

 saw nothing. The following day we drew all the 

 glens west of the house. I rode my pony as far as I 

 could and left him at a farm-house. We then walked 

 on and on till we were tired. Turnbull's servant had 



