CHAPTER III. 



THE I N T E R K E G N U M. 



1814-1825. 



The pack just referred to was the Lothian, now the 

 Duke of Buccleuch's, the master Mr Robert Baird 

 of Nevvbyth, grandfather of the present Sir David 

 Baird, and the huntsman Will Williamson. 



The Lothian Hunt had been established about 

 the year 1783 by Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch, 

 Mr Baird, Colonel Hamilton of Pentcaitland, and 

 other gentlemen.^ The country consisted of the 

 greater part of Mid and East Lothian, which was 

 hunted from kennels at Dalkeith park, and part of 

 Berwickshire, known as the Duns country, ^ which 

 appears to have been overtaken from kennels at 

 Langton.^ In 1826, Mr Baillie of Mellerstain, who, 

 up to that year, had hunted the remainder of 

 Berwickshire along with the counties of Roxburgh 

 and Selkirk and a large part of Northumberland, 



^ Papers at Dalkeitli House. ^ Ibid. 



3 'Sporting Magazine,' December 1828. 



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