Warmer today : some white frost in morning. Flashy [?] sunshine but duller in afternoon. Wind to the S. of S.E. Cycled to Eildon Hills + saw the hounds1 which met at Eildon Hall.2 They got a fox in the Whin Cover3 on East hill but did nothing with it. A fox went over the top of West hill but was followed by only 1 hound. Spoke to a nice looking girl who saw the fox. She turned out to be a Dane + she asked me if the riders carried guns! It was delightful on the top but the Cheviots were invisible. Came back by Eastfield4 + Shawpark. It is 0.45 [miles] from St Boswells Road to Eastfield Cottage + it is a mile further to Bowden Toll5 via Midlem than going direct.6
1 The Duke of Buccleuch Hunt was based at St Boswells at this time.
2 Eildon Hall, east of the Eildon Hills, grid reference NGR NT562,324.
3 The location is unidentified but, though assigned a capital C by Dr Muir, it may simply refer to some general Whin (common gorse or furze, Ulex europaeus) cover in the area.
4 Eastfield, NT541,289.
5 By Bowden Toll the Editor assumes that Dr Muir means Bowden Stand Dam Toll Post, grid reference NGR NT551,297 where one might reasonably assume he turned northwards to reach the Eildon Hills.
6 The Editor assumes that this is simply Dr Muir recording and comparing distances taken off his velometer (Dr Muir may have had more than one such device because their operation was based on wheel rotations and this would have required a different device for each wheel size).
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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