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acquaintance of his Lordlhip’s,
Mr. Lictch of Glafgow.

It happened, however, that
Campbell one day lali fpring, being
out in fearch of fmuggled goods,
withfome others, faw a hare fiart
out of a‘bulh at the jide of the
highway on Lord Eglingtoun’s
grounds, which, he fays, partly
from furprize, and poflibly from
the inlligation of thofe with him,
he lhot, having before lhot two
gulls in thecourfe of their walk.

Lord Eglingtoun, who was then
at Park Houfe very near the (pot,
heard the gun, and difpatched» a
fervant to enquire about it. Camp-
bell related the faft, as it is related
here, but Lord Eglingtoun not be-
ing fatisfied, lent the (ervant back
with one Bartleymore, another
fervant, and required Campbell to
come to him.

He accordingly. returned with
them to his Lordlhip, who ufed
many harlh exprellions, but Camp-
bell alking his pardon, and pro-
mifing never more to ofFend, they
parted, as he fays, without any
demandtbeing made of his gun,

Lord Eglingtoun knowing that he
was no poacher.

There are, however, two cre-
dible witnelfes, lieutenants in the
army, who {wear that being in
company with Campbell at Salt-
coats, and talking about game,
Campbell faid that he had been
feverely challenged by Lord Eg-
Iingtoun for ihooting a hare, and
that his Lordlhip had threatened
to take his gun from him, but
had notperfilied in the demand;
that he had then told his Lordfhip
he would rather die than part with
his gun, adding, with an oath,

that if Lord Eglingtoun had per-

filled to take his gun from him,
he would have {hot him.

IF the teftimony ofthefe xvitnefles
is true, CampbelPs allertion that‘
Lord Eglingtoun never would have
demanded his gun, but for the in-
lligation of Bartleymore, is falfe.

Bartleymore, however, appears
t0 have been much more criminal
than any trefpais to {hoot game
could make Campbell. This fel-
low, a favourite {ervant of Lord
Eglingtouzfs, abuling his Lord’s
confidence, employed his horfes
and his cart to fmuggle goods.
On the 8th oflali: July, Campbell,
in "confequence of previous infor-
mation, detected him driving of?
8o gallons of rum with a cart.
and horfe of Lord Eglingtoun’s.
Campbell and his aflillants feized
the rum, but the horfe and cart
appearing to be my Lord’s pro-
perty, were not taken, nor con-
demned with the rell. It may ea-
fily be fuppofed, that this event
produced much enmity between.
Campbell and Bartleymore, efpe-
cially on the {ide of Bartleymore
who did the wrong. What influ-
ence it had in the fatal afFaii- 0F
the 24th of October, the reader
mulljudge.

On the morning of that day,
about ten o’clock, Campbell, in
company with one Brown, a tide-
waiter, fet out from Saltcoats,
principally, as he fays, with a.
view to examine (everal places that
were the known haunts of {mug-
glers, but at the fame time to
amufe themfelves by lhooting ; for
both thele purpofes they propofed
to walk from Saltcoats to Montfod
bank, by a common road that led
through lord Eglingtoun’s grounds,
and return by another along the

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