Saturday, March 4. — Met at Linwood. Drew the Moss 

 blank, but this was not to be surprised at, as the keeper at 

 Burnbrae got no notice to stop his earths. Found at once in 

 Craigends. The fox broke as if for Linwood, but turned to 

 the left over the Gryffe, went up the Barrochan Burn, on 

 through the north covert to the small toll near Drums, but 

 turned back, and was killed on the road near the north covert 

 at Barrochan, A brace of foxes went away to the high 

 country with two or three couple of hounds, showing there is 

 no scarcity of the " wily " in Scott's district. Trotted back to 

 Houston Wood, v/here a fox was at once on foot. After 

 ringing round the stables, he broke over the old steeple-chase 

 ground. 



"The hounds are well laid ou, save two or so, 



And these are soon Avhipped to their music too ; 



The riders dash, the Colonel these retard, 



In mUd requests that will hold hard. " 



The Colonel thought at first that the hounds had flashed 

 outside the covert, and sent Mr. Collins and Mr. Arthur to 

 turn them, but Miss Hinshaw, who happened to be driving 

 past at the time, viewed a fox over the road, and told them 

 the hounds were right. These gentlemen did not stop, but 

 went on with the leading hounds round by Clives down to 

 Barrochan, the field being a mile behind them. Two foxes 

 came into the covert at Barrochan, the hounds going on with 

 one to Park Erskine Glen, and down to West Ferry. Here 

 the earths were open, why, I cannot say, and some foxes on 

 foot went to ground. The run fox being out of his latitude, 

 and not knowing the earths, went on. Going out at the 

 west end of the Ferry Wood, he turned up by Barscube Hill, 

 and then, bending away round by Barrochan, was killed in 

 Houston Wood. 



"The coats, dyke-stained, here almost ceased to blush, 

 But all are revelling over speed and death ! 

 No one in modern days regards the brush, 

 So that Fox-Coke, the great Lord Nimrod, saith, 

 I do not this as an improvement hail, 

 For, like O'Coimell, I would have mj' 'tail.'" 



