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Tuesday, 21st (Darnley Toll). — Found in the Waulkmill 

 Glen, and went away at once up the hill to Lyoncross Farm. 

 Then, going over the road, they went round the Balgray 

 Reservoir, on past Netherton and Balgraystone to the Craig 

 of Carnock, the fox evidently intending to try the earths. Up 

 to this point it was as straight as an arrow, and only those 

 who were on the south side of the glen got well away with 

 them, namely, the Colonel, Messrs. D. Kippen, Monteith, 

 Davies, 5th Fusiliers; Jackson, and young Cockburn the vet. 

 A slight check took place at the road close to the rocks, which 

 let the field up. The Colonel, by a clever and quick cast, 

 swung the hounds round back over the road, and away they 

 streamed again across the hoUovv. 



" The jack-snipe started from its dream, 

 The pee- wit answered with a scream; 

 Round and around the sound was cast, 

 Till echo seemed an answering blast." 



The line novf lay over the Walton Burn, and down over a 

 nasty wire fence into the road. Going on past Craigton, the 

 fox went over the Middleton Muir to the Dod Hill, where 

 they killed him. This was a very fast thirty minutes, with 

 only one check, and by some was considered very nearly as 

 good as the opening day. 



Saturday, 25th (Broadfiekl). — Drev/ the Devol's Glen blank, 

 but found in the gorse above Finlayston. Ran down into 

 the low wood and lost. A well-known member of the Hunt, 

 who generally goes very straight, v/as accused of heading the 

 fox, but from my " Mount Pisgah " view I thought others 

 were to blame as well as him. Drew Knockmountain and 

 adjacent gorses blank; however, at this season of the year it 

 is uncertain where to find foxes, as they are generally going 

 in pairs, and, sure enough, whenever the hounds were thrown 

 into the Kilmalcolm • strips, three foxes were viewed away 

 by some labourers draining. The hounds settled down to one, 

 and raced across the hollow, up to Knockmountain. As 

 they went into the gorse they divided, four couple of hounds 

 turning down the hill, but the body of the pack and the field 



