90 OTTER-HUNTING. 



Meg, out. of Jin (own sister to Piper), by Robert Bell's 

 Tugg, of Wingates ; Tugg, by Robert Dixon's Dusty, of 

 Longhorsley, out of a bitch of the Makepeace breed, 

 presented by J. Ainsley to John Thompson. 



OTTER-HUNTING IN THE LIDDEL 

 AND THE ESK. 



THE Carlisle otterhounds had a fine day's sport 

 on the 12th of July, 1878. Meeting at Longtown, 

 the drag was taken at Red Bank, and it was at 

 first expected that a find would have been made 

 in that favourite stronghold, but this expectation 

 having been disappointed, a movement was made 

 towards Canobie. Near the confluence of the 

 Liddel and the Esk there was some lively 

 dragging on the land, and all the way tip to 

 Hollows Bridge signs were abundant of more 

 than one otter having been astir. It was not 

 until the drain at Tarras Foot was reached that 

 the otter was found. However, Easper having 

 entered the drain mouth was soon heard marking 

 and baiting, and when he got out he bore numer- 

 ous battle-scars upon his cheeks. The otter 



