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county of Fife, I think Mr. Thomson has made a 

 slight mistake. 



" I certainly feel obliged to Mr. Thomson for his 

 advice as to what papers I am to advertise in when 

 I require foxes, but I think it is quite time for him 

 to tender his advice when I ask for it, as it is very 

 probable that I know quite as much about Scotland 

 as he can tell me. 



" I am, Sir, yours, etc., 



"JOHN CHRISTISON. 



"CHALE ABBEY, ISLE OF WIGHT, 315^ March, 1875." 



" A copy of Mr. Christison's letter to the editor 

 of the Hampstead Advertiser has been forwarded 

 to me, and in reply to him I beg to state that I 

 have not had a blank day this season ; if I had Mr. 

 Christison ought to be doubly ashamed of himself. 

 It makes little difference if I have lost one brace 

 of cubs or twenty, the principle is the same, and I 

 cannot afford to lose one fox unfairly. He states 

 that I have made a ' slight mistake '. I believe that 

 I have made no mistake, and that I had all my 

 facts correct before I made any statement. He 

 says, ' That he advertised in the People s Journal 

 published at Dundee '. The People s Journal is 

 also published at Cupar ; his advertisement appeared 

 in the Fife paper, and a copy of it was sent to me 

 from the office at Cupar. He says, ' That he did 

 not have any foxes from the county of Fife '. I say 

 he had foxes from the ' Fife country,' that is the 

 country hunted by the Fife Hounds. The foxes 

 in question were taken by four men, by name. Hay, 



