THE BOOK OF THE OTTER 



many offers of hounds he received, and one cannot 

 blame him. By the time he had got together 

 another pack as good as the one he had lost, he 

 would as he said himself have been too old to follow 

 and enjoy the sport. Mr Lomax always met very 

 early in the morning, often as soon as 3 a.m. He 

 showed wonderful sport on Ribble, Lune, and 

 many other rivers, and old men who can remember 

 hunting with him, speak in glowing terms of the 

 great hunts they enjoyed with his pack. In one 

 respect Mr Lomax differed from present day 

 Masters, i.e., in the practice of " sacking " otters 

 and removing them to more huntable waters. 

 There are in the diary, several instances recorded 

 of such otters having died, so that the practice 

 was not a profitable one. 



The most famous otter-hunter Scotland has ever 

 seen was the late Mr Waldron Hill, of Murrayfield 

 House, near Edinburgh. 



When quite a young man he contracted 



consumption, and was told by his doctors that he 



had not long to live. Nothing daunted, however, 



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