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married to Captain Murray-Threipland, Grenadier 

 Guards.] 



On Monday hounds met at the kennels. They 

 found in a gorse on a hill on George Ballingall's 

 farm, and ran like blazes. We did not get a good 

 start, and followed a gentleman in grey and nicked 

 in with them again. They checked soon after ; 

 found again in a big wood with awful rides, and ran 

 down to the river and then back again nearly to the 

 kennels. 



Tuesday. — We went to Duns. "Cocky" had a 

 bad sore back, so was incapacitated. 



Wednesday. — The Berwickshire Hounds at 

 Pistol plantation. Isobel got a hireling, a little 

 thoroughbred chestnut mare, very ragged coat and 

 awful string halt, but could gallop and jump. Little 

 scent, found a brace, went away, but came back to 

 the wood. Lord Haddington and Lord Henry Scott 

 came to breakfast at the hotel at Duns. Colonel 

 Gough, 9th Lancers, got a cropper over a rail. 

 Found in a beautiful gorse of Sir James Millar's; ran up 

 to rail and back to the gorse. Hounds went away 

 again ; had a good gallop and killed a fox. Isobel 

 was so tired that we went home. The mare pulled 

 violently and could not stand still for a moment. 



Thursday. — Went to Edrom ; saw tomb of the 

 Brymers ^ and went over the old house ; very 

 quaint and interesting. Mr. Simpson, the minister, 

 a capital man. Back to tea at Swan Inn and into 

 Edinburgh. Slept at our clubs. Berwickshire 



' My great-grandmother was Rachel Brymer of Edrom. 



