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dolph Wemyss in the Burton country, and Nicholas 

 Cornish, huntsman to Mr. Fenwick in Tynedale 

 country. He began his hunting career as a boy 

 running after my beagles when I was quartered at 

 Exeter ; his father was a farmer. 



The day after the show I had one more hunt to 

 let them see the hounds in the field and went up the 

 Lomond Hill. Found in the blown down trees in 

 one of the Conlan strips. The fox, instead of 

 running up the hill as I hoped and expected, ran 

 down the hill towards Leslie, all through Walde- 

 grave Leslie's lambing ewes, and got to ground in a 

 drain. The confusion among the ewes was awful. 

 They galloped about ; some of them charged a wire 

 fence, and "Fencer" walked about with a lamb 

 in his mouth. A Highland shepherd came down 

 tl}e hill foaming at the mouth and shouting like a 

 lunatic. 



I got the hounds away as soon as possible and 

 went up the Lomond Hill. Found in Orphit Moor ; 

 hounds were running in two places ; lots of roe-deer 

 on foot. A fox went away at the bottom of the 

 wood with two couple of hounds. I was on top of 

 the hill and cut down whistling. Cornish said to 

 Dale, " He will never get them away ". But they 

 did come away, and in two fields were all together. 

 The fox went to ground in a little drain near Mr. 

 Ireland's House ; bolted him and ran nearly down 

 to Falkland House, then up the West Lomond 

 and back again, and hounds were close at him when 

 he got into the Todstones. 



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