HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



tore's pack,i which was advertised to be sold^ 

 shortly after Lord Inverurie's death from an acci- 

 dent when hunting with the Pytchley in December 

 1843. It would seem, therefore, that Mr Ramsay 

 was at this time increasing the number of hounds 

 in the kennel, and the reason for his doing so 

 probably lay in this, that he was now hunting, 

 or about to hunt, a new tract of country, without 

 relinquishing any part of that which he had 

 previously overtaken. Lord Elcho having in 1843 

 agreed to hunt the Northumberland and Duns 

 countries, the East Lothian district became vacant, 

 and was, with the approval of the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch, taken up by Mr Ramsay, who in the same 

 year obtained the Duke's permission, as far as 

 his Grace was concerned, to draw all the coverts 

 lying to the west of the road from Edinburgh to 

 Linton, passing by Morningside between Comiston 



^ 'Sporting Magazine' and 'New Sporting Magazine,' March 1844. 

 * 'The New Sporting Magazine,' January 1844, contains this 

 advertisement : — 



TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE BARGAIN. 



A Small " Cry " of Fox-Hounds, bred with care, from some of the 

 best blood in England, consisting of 22 Couples of Old Hounds, 

 and three Couples of this year's Hounds. 



Also, Two or Three First-rate Whipper-ins' Horses. 



A Kennel Huntsman, with an excellent character ; likewise 1st 

 and 2nd Whipper-ins, good hands, and excellent horsemen, and 

 Two Kennel Hacks. 



Besides the 25 Couples, there will be nearly Eight Couples of 

 .Jews, Gentiles, Turks, Infidels and Heretics, collected from different 

 Kennels lately, the perquisite of the Huntsman, — would do well for 

 the "Chasse au Cerf" or for any Vulpicide in an Unhuntable Country. 



Further particulars may be learned by application to William Skene, 

 fvennel Huntsman, Keith Hall, N.B. 



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