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CHAPTER Vni. 



FIFE TO FOLKESTONE, AND PERTH TO LANGWELL BY 



ROAD. 



1884. Monday, 25th February. — Fife hounds at 

 Teasses Toll. 



Tuesday, 26th. — I went to breakfast with Jim 

 Turnbull, and crossed at Queensferry. Lothian 

 Hounds at Dundas Castle. Atkinson was on sick 

 list ; Russell hunted the hounds. Turnbull mounted 

 me ; got a howler over a rail and spoiled my hat. 

 Ran into Hopetoun and killed. 



Wednesday, 27th. — Went from Edinburgh to 

 Doddington. Charlie Gardyne had Jarvis' hounds 

 for the season while Jarvis was abroad. 



Thursday, 28th. — Burton Hounds. Shrub, master, 

 and hunted them himself; has a good voice, but not 

 much use. Had a tired fox runningf down a fence 

 parallel with him. but afraid to jump it, so fox 

 escaped. Will Goddard, whipper-in ; Gardyne 

 mounted me. 



Friday, 29th. — A bye-day with Gardyne ; he gave 

 me his whip's horse, and I whipped in to him. Had 

 a capital run ; found in a spinney close to Doddington, 

 and ran to Eao-le Wood. A lot of the hounds were 

 short of work, so the hunt ran in two lots — Gardyne 



