APPENDIX I. 



1808. 



lose him, return to Craigie hill, run him to ground at 

 BarnlDougle. Try Dundas and Craigbrae, find at 

 Lenny, run to Corstorphine to ground, kill a badger, 

 almost dark. 



Oct. 31. Eiccarton. Find, run over Binny craig, by the house, 

 south to near Houston, west through the covers on 

 the muir towards Silver Craigs — back to Eiccarton, 

 run half an hour in the cover, over Binny craig, kill 

 near Binny House. 



Nov. 1. Young hounds out at Corstorphine hill, run to ground 

 there. Find a brace at Lenny, run to Corstorphine 

 hill, back towards Lenny, kill near Col. Stewart's 

 upon the Linlithgow road. Servants only out. 

 3. Duntarvie. Find a brace, run through Hopeton wood, 

 kill near the garden. Find at Sir James Dalziel's 

 gate, run south, lose him near Hopeton House. 

 5. Norton. Dalmahoy, Eavelrig, Lenny, blank. 



7. Binny. Eiccarton, find in small whin south 3 milestone 



from Lithgow — through Philipstone covers, by Binns, 

 to earths at sea-side, through the parks, up Midup 

 glen, east of Philipstone House, by the loch to Bitch- 

 and-fury, cross Edinr. road west about two miles, 

 short back by B.-and-fury to Philipstone covers, 

 hounds whipt off, very bad scenting. 



8. Duntarvie, Hopeton wood. Sir James Dalziel's cover — • 



don't find. 



10. Drumshoreland. Find a brace immediately in large 

 cover, run one cross the river by Almondell, back 

 again towards the lodges, one breaks with five 

 couple of hounds at south-west corner of old wood 

 and runs west by the kennel •"• to Livingstone House, 

 try to stop these hounds and in coming back meet 

 another fox going west. Find the body of the 

 hounds near Elliston, where they had lost their fox, 

 bring them to where I had met the fox, 40 minutes 

 gone. Hounds run a little, give it up at Livingstone 

 west gate. 



12. Eiccarton, Little Ochiltree, Duntarvie, Dundas, Leny. 

 Blank day. 



14. Drumshoreland. Frost. 



^ The "Dog-houses." 



345 



