AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



that at this period the Hunt was to some extent 

 a hunt club, and to such having been the case 

 may be attributed its survival of the sale of the 

 hounds and the temporary abandonment of the 

 establishment early in the following century, a 

 matter which will be further alluded to at a later 

 stage. ^ 



Linlithgow had probably been chosen by the 

 committee as being, on the whole, the most suitable 

 position for the new kennels, although those at 

 Lethem must have been much more conveniently 

 situated for the hunting of Mid-Lothian which, 

 from an advertisement for lost hounds,^ seems 

 to have continued to be overtaken in conjunction 

 with the counties of Linlithgow and Stirling. This 

 advertisement, which appeared in ' The Edinburgh 

 Advertiser,' newspaper, of the 27th of January 

 1797, mentions Richard Forrester, who was the 



1 Vide p. 109. 



2 STEAYED. 



On Friday, the 20th January curt., on the road from Dalkeith 

 to Edinburgh, 



Three Fox - Hounds, one of which, a Dog, had five clips or marks 

 made with a pair of scissars, on the right loin, and answers to the 

 name of Rattler ; another, also a Dog, the like number of clips on 

 the left loin, and answers to the name of Searcher ; and the third, 

 a Bitch, six clips on the stern or tail, and answers to the name of 

 Ruin. 



Whoever will bring the above Hounds, or give any information 

 respecting them to Richard Forrester, Huntsman to the Stirling and 

 Linlithgowshire Hunt, at Linlithgow, will be handsomely rewarded. 



If found in the possession of any person after this public notice, 

 they will be prosecuted to the utmost severity of law. — Vide ' Edin- 

 burgh Advertiser' of 27th January 1797. 



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