HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



fore who care to read it will find it printed as 

 an Appendix^ to these pages. The following 

 are among the entries : — 



1807. Dec. 14. Drumshoreland muir. Fox went away (while 



Tom 2 and the hounds were in the large whin) 

 as hard as possible, through Houston wood, over 

 Dechmont, Bangour, cross the Glasgow road three 

 miles west Uphall, kill him about a mile to the 

 north of the road. Eestless, Whalebone, Paddy, B. 

 mare. George Kamsay's^ horse nearly dead in 

 the field. 



„ Dec. 17. Find a brace at Duntarvie, run through 

 Hopeton wood, by Mid-up,* Hopeton House, 

 Dalmeny toun, Munch hill, ^ to the sea east of 

 Luchold, along the sea shore to the Halls, cross 

 the road top of Halls brae, and right away back, 

 kill near the garden at Hopeton House, cold 

 hunting, hounds remarkably steady. Eestless, 

 Goldfinder, Mr B.^ — grey horse. 



„ Dec. 26. Saturday. Meet at 12 mile stone, find oppo- 

 site Sir James Dalziel's, run to the 12 mile stone 

 covers, west by Phillipstone loch, and south over 

 Binnie craig where he was headed and turned 

 north, kill him a little south of Dolphinton.'^ 

 Ploughboy, Whalebone, Mr B. — grey horse. 



1808, Jan. 2. Find at Torphichen bridge — a brace, — in- 



stantly get hounds together, run south of Wall- 

 house, turn north to Bowden, much running in 



1 Yide Appendix I. ^ Thomas Granger, the huntsman. 



3 Probably Mr Ramsay's cousin, a son of Mr David Ramsay of 

 Craigleith. 



* Mid-hope. ^ Mons hill in Dalmeny park. 



6 Possibly Mr Ramsay's partner, Mr Bonar. 



' This appears to have been a seven - mile point, Dolphinton or 

 Dolphington being near Dalmeny. 



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