136 Reminiscences of a 



walk " in the village, " Druid " by name, surveyed the gay 

 scene at a respectful distance ; when the cavalcade moved 

 off to Foxy Hill, taking some rough fields by the way, 

 " Druid," though very fat, followed in their wake at a brisk 

 canter, though still at a respectful distance. He was present 

 at the find at Foxy Hill, and though rather floored by the 

 pace, he was seen at a considerable distance in the rear 

 toiling away, but sticking to the line manfully. The chase 

 lay towards Bishopton, Gilly fiat. Barker's plantation, thence 

 by Elton to Sandilees, where they killed him. Time fifty-five 

 minutes. " Druid " came to the fore before the fox was 

 broken up. They found their second fox at Sutton's whin, 

 and burst him up near Two Mile Houses in twenty-seven 

 minutes. Again " Druid " presented himself, and was back 

 again at Bishopton before three with the pack, but went 

 with them no further. He was only pupped in June, 1882, 

 and is consequently only seven months old. 



