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ingly compelled to intimate his intention, through ill-health, of allowing Renfrewshire to be hunted by Lord Eglinton's hounds for a time, while he took hounds to Drumpellier (his Lanarkshire seat) and confined himself entirely to Lanarkshire territory. This was remarkably successful, in a sense, for in the course of twenty- seven days on which the pack were out, twenty-four and a half brace of foxes were added to the slain. The absence from Renfrewshire only lasted a single season, for on 2nd November, 1867, the Hunt assembled in all its former glory at Houston for the inauguration of another campaign. The coverts at this time most prolific were Skiff, Elphinstone, Finlaystone, and Barochan on the Renfrewshire side, while in the Cleughearn district of Lanarkshire five or six brace of foxes could be found in one day. The season ending on 18th April, 1868, provided a record for this pack, so far as the number of kills were concerned, the grand total being seventy-two foxes in seventy-four days, without a single blank — a record hard to be beaten anywhere. As a huntsman, Squires built up a great reputation, and his death in 1874 came with tragic suddenness. During the remaining few months of this season R. Holmden carried the horn, and Bishop then came to take up his duties as huntsman, which he discharged in a capable manner for four years. In the 'sixties some of the best known followers were Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Sir Archibald Campbell, Mr. J. H. Houldsworth, Mr. Alexander Clapperton, Mr. John Orr, Mr. C. T. Couper, and Colonel Mure. Later on there were Mr. Durham Kippen, Mr. George Coats (afterwards Lord Glentanar), Mr. G. J. Kidston, Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. R. Monteith, Mr. Matthew Arthur (afterwards Lord Glenarthur), Mr. J. Gardiner Muir, 14 The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt.