DESCEIPTION OF OTTEE HUNTING IN 

 THE TEYIOT. 



OTTER huntingis unquestionably one of our best 

 national amusements, and the most exciting of all 

 our field sports. One of the most brilliant and 

 dashing hunts of the sort ever witnessed in the 

 borders of Scotland occurred on Eriday morning, 

 May 29, 1863, in the Teviot, with Dr. Grant's 

 otter hounds, and has since been the theme of 

 conversation among all classes of society in the 

 district. The hunt was well supported, and 

 among the many present on foot as well as on 

 horseback we observed the Hon. Arthur Elliot, 

 olonel Elliot (brother of the Eight Hon. the 

 Earl of Minto), the Hon. Wm. Fitzwilliam Elliot, 

 William Eodgie, Esq., Alfred Wilson, Esq., 

 Eobert Selby, Esq., W. B. Graham, Esq., &c., 

 &c. The hounds were thrown off at 6 a.m. below 

 Burnfoot, and from the beginning all could see 

 that the Doctor was at work in real earnest. 

 Among the rocks in the river below Hornshole, 

 Caledonia first challenged the drag, and, well 



