AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



As a Huntsman, who's like him, for head and for heel, 



As sharp as a razor, true and hard as the steel ; 



With both science and bottom, pluck, talent, and fun, 

 And the rank oi full major — being noio twenty-one. 

 Oh in troth, &c. 



As a man and a friend he is " warranted nouncl," 



If a better you'd seek, let it be underground. 



Staunch, sterling, and steady, — tough, trusty, and true, 

 He's beloved and respected by !N'oble Buccleuch. 

 Oh in troth, &c. 



For title and rank due respect he maintains ; 



In return their esteem, and their friendship obtains. 

 All follow him hard over turf, hill, and heath, 

 And none stick so close as the gallant Newhyth. 

 Oh in troth, &c. 



More power to his elbow ! More success then to "Will ! 

 May he equal Saint Patrick in the varmint he'll kill. 



Hounds healthy and fleet, — horse and men fast and sound ; 



And long may it be before he's " run to ground." 

 For in troth, &c. 



" The Dusty Miller." 



While the Lothian Hounds, under Mr Baird, 

 were periodically hunting the Linlithgowshire 

 side of the country, during the interregnum, the 

 R.A.L.D.S. Hounds, under Captain, afterwards Sir, 

 David Baird, Mr Baird's son, visited the Stirling- 

 shire district occasionally, and, judging from the 

 following account of what appears to have been a 

 long and fine run, the confines of West Lothian 

 also. This Hunt was so styled from the initial 

 letters of the counties hunted by it, namely — 



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