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They worry and teaze the otter, but do not fasten on 

 him and kill him in the earth; and Mr. Hill has 

 found that half-a-dozen of them will go into an earth, 

 and never quarrel, but that if two of a bull-dog cross 

 get together, there is sure to be a row directly. Wini- 

 fred and her dauojliter Dinah are the flower of the 

 terrier stock; and among the hounds Bangor, who 

 " never tells a lie,^' and his sister Brenda are great 

 on the drag, and Fairfax is unequalled as a marker 

 to ground. 



Mr. HilFs principal river is the Tyne, which runs 

 through Haddingtonshire. It is well preserved for 

 him, but far too full of drains, which are being gra- 

 dually grated, especially in the town of Haddington, 

 which is a great resort and stronghold of game. In 

 some places the Tyne is deep, but there are very few 

 rocks ; it is more like an English river, and but for the 

 drains one of the best he has. The Avon in Linlith- 

 gowshire has furnished great sport, and, strange to 

 say, although the paraffin-oil Avorks are situated on 

 a tributary of it, and have effectually driven away 

 the fish, it is always a sure otter find, and there have 

 been more kills on it than any other river. Mr. 

 Hill also hunts the North and South Esk, which 

 rise in Peebleshire, join at Dalkeith, and run into the 

 sea at Musselburgh. On the South Esk the sport 

 has been first-rate. It is not deep, but very rapid and 

 rocky; its banks are well lined with wood, and there 

 is not a drain on it. Last August it was the scene 

 of a very remarkable run, as the otter only touched 



