On 10th December the gay throng assembled at Midton House, the throwing their tongues to some tune. It was a remarkable instance of the one particular occasion when Judd took the hounds there for a morning's considerable time before going to ground in a drain at Caldwell Law. a strange contrast to what it was like about thirty years ago. I remember Mrs. Hauart Speirs. from Woodside in wintry weather on 3rd January, 191 1. Hounds had in Waulkmill Glen. That country is hardly worth drawing now, and presents couple of foxhound puppies, being walked by the late Colonel Mure, or Darnley country, for on 20th December several were on the move, one Moss, but they ultimately settled down in earnest to run by Rowbank to pilot finding shelter in a drain near Milliken Park. on from Skiff again hounds were simply describing a line by Bowfield hunted a fox from the gorse at Cowfall Crag nearly to Caldwell when a residence of an old follower in Mr. Andrew M'Nab. Finding in Skiff, this I note that about this time there were still a few foxes in the Patterton Cowfall Crag. Back from here they careered by Hartfield Moss and Mid hunting instinct bred in the foxhound showing itself at such an early stage. Craig. A fine hunting run of one and three-quarter hours ended by the being hunted around the district for thirty-five minutes ere he was killed cubbing and killed six in less than two hours. A rather funny incident occurred on the occasion of a day's hunting encountered Reynard and hunted him right back across Shutterflet Muir, The pack were eventually got on the line of the fox, and he was hunted a fox did a lot of doubling about between here and Mount Top, and going Hartfield to Mount Top, thence to Skiff and down the hill towards High Mr. G. Barc