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Ayrshire side. When Sir David Buchanan first hunted the country he traversed part of Ayrshire from Caldwell to Brownmuir, but when the fourteenth Earl of Eglinton established his pack in 1861 a controversy arose as to the border line between the two Hunts. Lord Eglinton maintained that he was entitled to hunt as far as the county boundary, but Sir David was obdurate on the point, and it was only after considerable argument, with a vast amount of correspondence, that the county boundary became the accepted border line between the neighbouring packs. The fifteenth Earl of Eglinton, who had previously gained such renown as a sportsman when known as the Hon. George Montgomerie, was evidently more amenable in the matter of granting a concession of territory, for it was chiefly through his generous action and the untiring efforts and per- suasive powers of Mr. Barclay and others on this side that the Renfrewshire pack could hunt over such a large portion of the adjoining county. Going as far as Dunlop House on the one side, these hounds can now draw (under the amicable arrangement with the Eglinton Hunt) the whole of Caldwell estate, Trearne estate, Giffen, and Woodside, while coming back to the Renfrewshire side such foxy quarters as Beckam Hill, Cuff hill, and Brown- muir can be called upon. I make this explanation at this juncture, as in dealing with the sport of the past twenty years, which is the main purpose of this work, the Ayrshire side must be frequently touched upon. It may be added that great improvements in the parts referred to have been carried out at different times, and what with the arrangements for removal of wire and the erection of hunt jumps where absolutely necessary, the country is now much more huntable than it formerly was. Beyond Trearne, however, it is still a veritable birdcage of wire.