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Farm, where she "was fairly run into, after one hour's hunting. 

 The scent was rather catching, and of course there were a few 

 checks; but the little dogs stuck to their hare well all through- 

 out the run, and it was beautiful to see how they spread at 

 a cast, every one trying for himself. The Master and Mr. J. 

 Kay Brown stuck to them all through the run, and the 

 " Laird " went well during part of it. The field was graced 

 by a number of ladies, who had an excellent view of the run 

 from a knoll at the back of Ralston House. The pack has 

 been out nine times, and killed five hares. 



LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE FOX- 

 HOUNDS. 



"We will, fair queen, up to the mountain's top, 

 And mark the musical confusion 

 Of hounds and echo in conjunction." 



Saturday, Nov. 8th, 1873. — Met at Drums, and had a day's 

 sport which has hardly been equalled. After partaking of 

 the hospitality of the tenant, a move was made for the high 

 wood, which, however, was blank, as well as Park Erskine 

 Glen. Both these coverts were exposed to a keen north- 

 eastern wind, and, as it turned out afterwards, the foxes were 

 all lying on the lee side of the hill. Found in West Ferry. 

 The fox broke at the east end, and, crossing the old Greenock 

 Road, went on to Castlehill. Turning sharp back, he then 

 crossed through by Ravenshaw, went up the west corner of 

 Barscube Hill, through the Gleddoch, and swinging round by 

 Barscube Farm-house, ran down to Drums, where they lost him. 

 This was a straggling sort of a run, and the scent catching. 

 In the afternoon they had a " clipper ;" in fact, I will be very 

 much mistaken if it will not turn out to be the run of the 

 season. Found in a small patch of gorse on the muir near 

 the west end of Barscube Hill. Before the hounds were half 

 through the whins their sterns began to move. " A fox, for a 



