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Boswell of Blackadder, Robert Hamilton, Sir Wynd- 

 ham Anstruther, Sir Hugh Campbell, Sir T. Erskine, 

 George Cheape, Hastings Anderson, Lord Elibank, 

 Carmichael, Lord Stormont, Sir E. Blair, Sir J. 

 Gibson Craig, etc. 



I gladly accepted, and they did me the honour 

 to elect me an honorary member. The only members 

 on whom this honour had been conferred were Colonel 

 Maclean of Ardgour, who had been a member for 

 sixty years, William Sharpe of Hoddam, and 

 William Hagart on resigning the secretaryship after 

 many years' service. 



When the Glasgow Bank broke, our secretary, 

 Sir John Gillespie, lost a lot of money. I happened 

 to be Preses. One night after dinner Sir Hugh 

 Dalrymple said, " Why should not we make Gillespie 

 a present to help him through his difficulties ? " That 

 was approved of, and I sent out the following 

 circular :-- 



;; CHARLETON, COLINSBURGH, FIFK, 



"February, 1879. 



" At the last meeting of the Caledonian Hunt many 

 members expressed a wish to show their regard and 

 sympathy towards their secretary, Mr. Gillespie, in 

 his great misfortune caused by the failure of the City 

 of Glasgow Bank. It has been suggested that the 



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sum of ,1,000 be presented to him by the members 

 of the hunt. A subscription of ,15 each would 

 amount to ,1,150. Many members have expressed 

 their approval of this arrangement, and I propose to 



