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instances, when anybody sees a fox, he generally is described 

 as the biggest fox ever was seen. Ran him over to Hawk- 

 head, and lost him. Drew the Wreas blank. Roedeer 

 running about like rabbits, and during a little bit of riot, a 

 neighbouring farmer informs me he viewed two foxes go away 

 to the high country. Squires took his hounds away up the 

 hill to the Duchielaw Gorse, and found at once. Away he 

 went a cracker, making a ring round to Gleniffer. Skirting 

 the covert, the fox then went along the face of the hill, over 

 some beautiful grass country, and down a steep part, where 

 it was anything but child's work, down to Newton Wood — 

 generally known by old hunting men as Spiers' Covert — 

 lying just above the village of Elderslie, on the Johnstone 

 Road. Here they must have changed foxes, the run fox 

 having been seen going out at the west end towards Milliken. 

 The hounds, however, went away up the hill to the left, past 

 Bardrain, and away over a fine grass country, as if he was 

 making for Loch Libo; but as it was getting dark, with a 

 fresh fox. Squires gave it up, both hounds and horsemen 

 having had enough. The time from find to finish would be 

 about an hour, and they were going all the time. 



LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Saturday, January 5, met at Bishopton. After those who 

 had been at the Gaelic Club ball the night before had re- 

 freshed themselves at "our obliging hostess of the Bishopton 

 Inn," where the B. and S. was served by her bonnie daughter, 

 a move was made for West Ferry. The moment the hounds 

 were thrown in a fox broke at the west end, and went away 

 with the hounds at his brush (most of the field being left 

 behind), as if pointing for Finlayston, but, being hard pressed, 

 he turned to the left towards Knockmountain. The hounds 

 here flashed over the bye-road down to Finlayston, near the 

 small cottage where the " yelping collie lives." But Squires 



