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the extreme North, where the population is sparse, 

 and subscribers are fewer and more scattered than 

 among the South-country packs, this argument does 

 not apply so closely. But there are several counties 

 in England not hunted at all, which are so 

 squeezed between " overgrown " hunts that local 

 sportsmen do not think it worth while to form packs 

 to hunt their own rivers, and (as happened in at 

 least one recent case) cannot be sure that some far- 

 fetched claim to their waters will not be advanced 

 by their neighbours if they do so. 



There is probably room in Great Britain for quite 

 double the number of packs at present maintained, 

 to the great advantage of the oldest and least 

 artificial of organised sports. 



The following is a complete list of all the regular 

 packs, with details of their establishments, for which 

 I am indebted to the courtesy of the Masters in every 

 instance except one : — 



The Argyllshire and East of Scotland 0. H. 



Founded: A.O.H. 1905, E.S.O.H. 1904, amal- 

 gamated 1907. Master: Mr. J. Muir Stewart. Hon. 

 Secretaries : Mr. A. M. Campbell of Achendaroch 

 (A.O.H.) ; Mr. W. Stoddart, Winton, near Had- 

 dington (E.S.O.H.). Kennel-huntsman: P. Rennie. 

 Couples of hounds: 12; rough 9 J, Welsh 2 J. 

 Kennels : Ardrishaig and Haddington. Days of 



