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made for the liigli country. Found at once in Lawfield Gorse, 

 rattled him twice round the covert, when he broke to the 

 right, on to the Kilmalcolm Strips, where they killed as bad a 

 fox as ever faced the open. It was a very short spin, but young 

 Mr. Ward, nephew of our popular secretary of the Hunt, went 

 well, and was presented with the brush. Found again in 

 Auchenbothie Gorse, and ran up to the strips, but a perfect 

 storm of hail coming on. Squires thought it was no use perse- 

 vering. During my experience of twenty-five years' hunting, 

 off and on, with these hounds, I have never been oat on a 

 worse day, which is saying a good deal. Squires seems to be 

 in as good form as ever; his cheery voice has lost none of its 

 charm, and seems to be quite as clear as when he used to 

 make the Hampshire woods echo "over and over again" with 

 his musical " view hollo !" 



A DAY WITH MAJOR HAZELRIGG'S BEAGLES. 



Having received a kind invitation to have a day with the 

 Major's " little dawgs," I found myself at Ralston, near Glas- 

 gow, on Wednesday week, at two o'clock; and I must say, 

 seldom have I experienced a better day's sport, not even with 

 harriers. A good hare jumped up on the south side of the 

 hill, near the canal, and away they went in view down to the 

 mansion-house and up to the Water Tower. Turning to the 

 right, the hare went back to the field, where she was found, 

 and then ran through the policies. Going round the back of 

 the garden, she lay down in a large stubble field, but went 

 away whenever she heard her enemies, over the Paisley Road 

 at Barshaw, near Alton Farm-house. Going down the hollow, 

 they ran back over the road, and both hare and hounds swam 

 the canal, and ran up to Hillhead Farm-house. From that 

 point she ran down to the canal, then back up the hill and 

 down the hollow. Turning sharp to the left, she jumped up 

 in view, and was raced down to the Cart and back to Main's 



