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estate of Campbell of Loclinell, which, when the 

 whole 55,000 acres were let en bloc, was certainly one 

 of the best all-round places in Scotland. At the 

 present day, being broken up into five or six small 

 shootings, it has become but the shadow of its former 

 self. 



On September 23rd I arrived at Lamington House, 

 Lanarkshire, on a visit to Arthur Whitaker, finding 

 there his brother Albert, Sir Eaymond Burrell, Captain 

 Button Hunt, Colonel Kilgour, A. Scrase-Dickens, and 

 A. Wilkins, our hostess's brother. We got four days 

 of driving, one day of skirmishing in line, with 

 two half-days so wet that only two guns turned out. 

 During this time we bagged 451 head, of which 270 

 were driven grouse, the balance being made up of 

 every variety of game, including a few grey hens 

 killed by mistake ; indeed, one of our party showed 

 such a marked inability to distinguish grey hens from 

 grouse, that, as he shot straight, he was quickly 

 christened " Lord de Grey Hen." 



On October the 3rd I returned to Battleby, 



