HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



friend, and so staunch a supporter of the pack, 

 had at any time endeavoured to estabhsh a right 

 in his person at variance with the interests of the 

 Hunt. 



The hounds purchased — the dog- hounds of Mr 

 Ramsay's pack — were sent to the old kennels at 

 Laurieston, which, in addition to being very con- 

 siderably nearer Wallhouse than the kennels at 

 Golfhall, occupied a much more central position. 

 Nevertheless, it was a far cry from Laurieston 

 to Corstorphine hill, and when the eastern side 

 of the country was visited, the hounds, through 

 the kindness of Lord Hopetoun, were permitted 

 to lie at Hopetoun the night before hunting. 

 Similarly, when the southern district was over- 

 taken, the pack was kennelled at Uphall, where 

 Mrs Glen, who at that time kept the inn there, 

 had all in readiness upon receipt of a message 

 from the huntsman. The selection of the Laurie- 

 ston kennels, however, was fraught with trouble, 

 for the hounds were soon attacked by kennel lame- 

 ness, and in spite of the execution of extensive 

 repairs, they continued to suifer from the malady, 

 more or less, throughout the whole of the three 

 years in which Colonel Gillon was master. When 

 they became distressed and unfit for work, they 

 were frequently removed to Wallhouse, where 

 they soon recovered ; and there can be little 

 doubt that the disease was produced either by 

 the state of the kennels, which were then of many 

 years' standing, or by the nature of the soil on 



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