APPENDIX IV. 



DECLARATION BY GEORGE KNIGHT. 



26th December 1866. 



I, George Knight, residing at West Port House, Linlithgow, 

 Do solemnly and sincerely Declare as follows — In January 1825 

 the late William Dowue Gillon, Esquire of Wallhouse, and the 

 late James Johnston, Esquire of Straiton, came to me at Dalkeith 

 where I was then residing and engaged me as huntsman for a 

 pack of hounds which they had purchased from Lord Kintore 

 at the price of £200 for the purpose of hunting Linlithgow and 

 Stirling shires ; and I left Dalkeith on the second of February 

 to fulfil my engagement. Immediately on my arrival I went 

 to Inglismaldie in Kincardineshire and brought down the pack 

 which consisted of thirty couple of hounds. I had two whippers- 

 in placed under me, and my first meet with them was at Lin- 

 lithgow Bridge on the fourteenth of February 1825 when we 

 found at Tods mill and killed at Hopetoun. After I came to 

 Linlithgow I bought horses for myself and my men. Our kennels 

 were at Winchburgh until August 1825 when we moved to the 

 new kennels which had been then built on a field belonging 

 to Mr Johnston at Bonnytoun entry, and the horses were kept 

 in the yard attached to my house, which was at the West Port 

 of Linlithgow, at the corner of the Bo'ness road. The kennels 

 were built by Messrs Gowans & Landels, contractors, Linlithgow, 

 for the sum of £650. Mr Johnston and Mr Gillon were joint- 

 masters, but neither of them carried a horn. Mr Johnston took 

 the chief charge and when he was in the field Mr Gillon did 

 not interfere. Both of them wore white collars on their pink 

 coats, black velvet vests and drab cords. Wo hunted three 

 days a-wecdc in Linlithgow and Stirling shires, and at times in 



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