THE HISTOEY 



OF THE 



LINLITHGOW AND STIELINGSHIEE HUNT. 



INTEODUCTOEY CHAPTER 



THE COUNTRY. 



THE MASTERS, SUPPORTERS, AND HUNTSMEN. 



THE HOUNDS. THE KENNELS. 



The shires of Linlithgow and Stirhng are quaintly 

 described by Sir Robert Sibbald, who was born and 

 lived at the Castle of Kipps, near Linlithgow, in a 

 history ^ written early in the eighteenth century, 

 dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Hope 

 Earl of Hopetoun, Sheriff Principal of Linlithgow- 

 shire, and to the Right Honourable the Earl of 

 Linlithgow and Calander, Heretable Sheriff of 

 Stirlingshire. "The Sheriffdom of Linlithgow, as 

 it is now," Sir Robert states, "hath to the North 



1 ' History of the Sherift'doms of Linlithgow and Stirling,' by Sir 

 Robert Sibbald, M.D. 1710. 



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