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thing some day, broke his leg at Bogside, while going well, 

 and had to be destroyed. I may mention that amongst those 

 who are not subscribers, young Mr. Cockburn, veterinary 

 surgeon, and Mr. James Sudden, landlord of the Eglinton 

 Arms, Kilwinning, are first-rate men with hounds. 



At the present time (January, 1874) the Colonel hardly ever 

 goes up to Lanarkshire, except for cub-hunting, the country 

 being not worth hunting on account of woods and wire. I have 

 seen, however, some very fair runs in the New Monkland 

 country, and also at Castlemilk, but the last-named country 

 is now almost unrideable on account of wire. 



Renfrewshire, I am happy to say, never showed more foxes 

 than at the present time. Most of the best part of the country 

 is in the hands of Colonel Buchanan, our esteemed Master, 

 and Mr, C. J. Cunninghame of Craigends, a keen sportsman, 

 quite enough guarantee for the preservation of foxes. I must 

 not forget to give a word of praise to old Scott, the keeper at 

 Barrochan, who always has a fox; in fact, it has become quite 

 a proverb in the Hunt, " We're sure to find a Barrochan." 

 Captain Stewart of Castlemilk has always no end of foxes; 

 and old Hunter can always show both game and plenty of 

 the " varmint." The best Meets are Houston kennels, 

 Fiulaj'-ston, Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, Broadfield, Neilston 

 (for the Pad), and the Fereneze hills. Mr. George Kidston, 

 a genuine sportsman, and keen preserver of foxes, has taken 

 a long lease of Finlayston house and shootings, one of Colonel 

 Buchanan's properties, lying in the centre of the best part of 

 the country, and, it is needless to say, there is a fox in every 

 covert. 



Squires, who succeeded John Harrison, is as fresh as ever, 

 and generally manages to kill his fox, and his cheer}'- voice 

 has lost none of its music. 



Through the kindness of an old Member of the Hunt, I am 

 enabled to give the following quotations from his diary : — 



" October 20th, 1849. — Met at Craigends Gate to open the 

 season — a large Meet, Trotted on to Barlogan. Found at 



