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Bunburj, Scots Greys, who went well, did a thing I have read 

 about, but never heard authenticated. At one of the wire 

 fences he got off, laid his red coat over the wire, and then led 

 his horse over. Towards the finish the hounds rather split, 

 but those who were first up when the fox went to ground 

 were Messrs. Durham Kippen, Peter "Whyte, John Reid, yr. 

 of Gallowflat, A. Chalmers, Geo. Kidstbn, Captain Bunbury, 

 and Mr. Stuart, yr. of Castlemilk. That veteran sportsman, 

 Mr. A. Scott, also went well throughout, I was sorry to miss 

 the face of a keen sportsman at the meet whom no weather 

 ever stops. I hear he is temporarily confined to his room, 

 but everyone hopes soon to see him again at the covert side. 



LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE FOX- 

 HOUNDS. 



" I have lived my life, I am not yet done : 

 I have played the game all round ; 

 But I freely admit that the best of my fun 

 I owe it to horse and hound." 



Kilmalcolm, 80th November, 1873. — There was an old 

 saying, "Out of the world into Kilmalcolm;" and for a great 

 many years the village was one of the oldest-fashioned in 

 Scotland. Since Col. Buchanan bought the Finlayston estate 

 the aspect of affairs has completely changed. Most of the old 

 hovels have been demolished, excellent houses erected in their 

 place, and Kilmalcolm bids fair, from the salubrity of the 

 atmosphere, and the easy access to Glasgow, Greenock, and 

 Paisley, to become a rising locahty. To show the antiquity 

 of the old part of the village, I noticed one cottage with the 

 date 1626 over the door. By the way, a good deal of mis- 

 apprehension exists with regard to the meaning of the name 

 Kilmalcolm, most people thinking that the name originally 

 arose from the fact that St. Malcolm was a martyr in the 

 locality. This, however, is a mistake. The name was 

 originally " Kilmalcolm," or the burying-place of St. Malcolm. 

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