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time have been allowed to be removed entirely from the country 

 at the will of a private individual. By doing so in 1841, Mr 

 Eamsay proved his ownership ; and the fact of the Fife Hounds 

 being brought in to hunt this country, which he had vacated, of 

 itself showed that this was the general opinion. 



With regard to the mastership of the hounds, I hope Mr Gillon 

 will recall to his recollection a meeting which took place at 

 Greliche's hotel in 1852, previous to Mr Fleeming undertaking a 

 renewal of the office. 



For the matter of the branding of the hounds with R., Mr 

 Gillon labours under a complete misconception if he supposes it 

 to be done as a mode of appropriation. My claim rests on other 

 grounds ; it is done as a security against loss, and I really cannot 

 account for the precaution having been so long overlooked. 



I have addressed this solely to Mr Gillon, because I am at a 

 loss to discover who the unnamed parties are to whom he alludes 

 in his communication as coinciding with him ; and I cannot con- 

 clude without expressing my sense of the unhandsome manner in 

 which I am dealt with after a lapse of seven years, during which 

 time the gentlemen of the counties have certainly had no cause to 

 complain of the establishment, carried on as it has been at a large 

 personal expense, and at very little cost to them, for, with very 

 few exceptions, it has been unsupported in a pecuniary way by 

 the county gentlemen, although I have to acknowledge, from 

 other quarters, various and handsome subscriptions. 



(Sgd.) MARY RAMSAY. 



Mr Sandilands to Mr Gillon. 



Barnton, Cramond, 

 2Ath April 1857. 

 MY DEAR GILLON, 



Along with this I forward to you Mrs Ramsay's answer 

 to the communication you made through me respecting the hounds, 

 and she begs me to express to you her regret for the delay which 

 has taken place on her part ; but for the last month she has been 

 so far from well, she has felt quite unequal to the task of making 

 it out. As to what you say regarding the hunting of Stirling- 

 shire, I have no wish to do otherwise than to hunt the country to 

 the best advantage ; but when one receives neither countenance 

 nor money, you must agree with me I have to seek to accommodate 



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