HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



place at Linlithgow that evening in a more than 

 usually pleasant frame of mind.^ There were 

 also present on that occasion Sir William Baillie 

 of Polkemmet, Sir James Dalyell of the Binns, 

 Mr C. S. Norvell of Boghall, Mr James S. Inglis 

 of Middleton, the Earl of Caithness, Major Moray 

 of Abercairney, Mr Grant of Kilgraston, Mr 

 Maconochie, Sheriff - Depute of Orkney, brother 

 of Lord Meadowbank, and Mr Keith Dick.^ 



The season ended about the middle of April, 

 two months after the fixture at Linlithgow Bridge. 

 In the following month of August the hounds 

 were moved from Winchburgh to new kennels ^ 

 which had been built on a field belonging to Mr 

 Johnston near the Bonnytoun entry to Linlithgow ; 

 while, about the same time, the old West Port 

 House,^ belonging to Mr Hamilton of Cathlaw, 

 was leased by the Hunt,^ and occupied by Knight, 



^ Mrs Whitten's Inn, at which the dinner-party referred to was given, 

 stood where the stables of the Star and Garter Hotel now are. 



^ Minute - Book in the custody of Messrs Glen & Henderson, 

 Linlithgow. 



^ The Bonnytoun kennels, although diverted from their original 

 purpose, still stand. They are situated in the angle formed by the 

 junction of the roads leading from Carriden and from Burghmuir to 

 Linlithgow. 



* The West Port House is situated on the south side of the main 

 street in Linlithgow, a little to the east of the point from which the 

 road to Bo'ness branches off". 



^ At a meeting held on 14th February 1825, Mr Boyd, the secretciry 

 and treasurer, was authorised " to take a Lease for behoof of the Hunt, 

 of that house, stabling, and garden, at the West Port of LinHthgow, 

 occupied by Mr Williams, for a period of from one to five years, at a 

 rent not exceeding £30 Stg. p. annum." — Minute - Book in the custody 

 of Messrs Glen & Henderson, Linlithgow. 



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