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and the western division of Berwickshire. Mr. Tom Smith 

 tells an anecdote of the Duke of Buccleuch, which would 

 stamp him as a thorough fox-himter_, if one had never heard of 

 him as a Master of Hounds,, or a promoter of the Noble 

 Science. A fox had entered a drain, and while they were 

 waiting for a terrier, " near a stately river, a large salmon 

 leaped clean out of the water, as if on purpose to amuse or to 

 tantalize them. "Whereupon, a gentleman asked his Grace 

 if it would give him pleasure to have a throw, with a fly, at 

 such a fish. His fit reply might well be a source of satisfac- 

 tion and pleasure to all who hunt in countries where his 

 Grace has property. ' To tell the truth, I care little for that 

 kind of sport ; but, as to the other, I am never perfectly 

 happy, unless I have on a red coat.' '^ 



Favourite Fixtures. — Lawriestown Kennel; Champfleurie; Hous- 

 town; Bannockburn Gate; Armadale Toll-bar; Linlithgow 

 Bridge ; Castle-carry. 



