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the water twice for a few minutes tlirouglioiit a run 

 of eiglit or nine miles, and was eventually pulled 

 down in the heart of one of the East Lothian fox- 

 whins. Bangor distinguished himself greatly in this 

 run, and so did Dinah, a small but very fast terrier. 



The Water Company^s reservoirs on the Pentiands 

 sometimes furnish a good otter. In ''62 the hounds 

 hit upon one at the Clutby Dam reservoir on the 

 north side of the Pentiands, and hunted him through 

 the sheep-drains right over the Pentiands, down to 

 the reservoir at St. Catherine's. He had gone 

 through it on the north side, and from there dov\^n 

 the Glencorn burn, nearly to the North Esk. Leaving 

 this for another burn across the country, he headed 

 back to the reservoir at St. Catherine's, where, on 

 account of the water being too high, he could not be 

 moved. This otter must have travelled nearly twenty 

 miles during the night, and it was well for Mr. 

 Hill that his terriers were longlegged, and that he 

 himself is always in condition summer or winter, or 

 he would have seen nothing of the fun on that hot 

 and very wet September morning. 



A fortnight after, they went back for their revenge, 

 found him at the old spot, and, after three hours 

 without a check, fairly swam him down. In putting 

 him out from the rock under which he was lying, 

 one of the terriers (Caroline) had one side of her 

 face, from the eye to the nose, completely scalped, 

 and the otter came out holding her fast ; but still, 

 when he Avas run into on the public road, she 



