Party formed for the moors. Nine guns--Dalkeith, Walter Scott, Adolphus Liddell and his son, two Lascelles, Colonel Thynne, who arrived last night, Johnson Douglas, and Mr. Maxwell. A bus conveyed us to foot of hills; four ponies for those who liked them took us two miles further to the grounds. A succession of hills covered with heather; with the exception of the hills near Thirlston, the first extensive moors I had been on. We drew lots for the numbers, which gave us the different enclosures, in which we hid while beaters drove: changing numbers after each drive. Lord and Lady Creighton arrived. Game return: Grouse, 137; Black and gray game, 8; Rabbits, 4. Total, 149. [Illustration: _Duke of Buccleuch._] [Sidenote: Oct. 27.] Invitation from Mayor of Liverpool to attend dinner given to Sir Harry Parkes. Must accept, for November 6. [Sidenote: Oct. 28.] Rainy day. Started, a smaller party, on the moors; persevered until wet through, then walked five miles home. Shot better, and killed my first black-cock. After noon arrived Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. R. Melville, a director of the P. and O. Co. Our usual whist in evening; party consisting of Lady Walter Scott, Lady Dalkeith, Adolphus Liddell and self. [Sidenote: Oct. 29.] Attended well-conducted service in chapel. [Sidenote: Nov. 2.] Covert shooting without driving. A cheery bright day. Bag: Gray fowl, 6; Pheasant, 70; Partridge, 7; Wood-cock, 3; Roe deer, 2; Hares, 247; Rabbits, 66; Snipe, 1. Total, 402. After dinner, entrance hall cleared, and a piano dance, I commencing with the kind good Duchess, His Grace with my wife for partner. There were waltzes and reels. No people, old or young, could have enjoyed themselves as we did. [Sidenote: Nov. 3.] The Duke kindly sending us to the station, made us promise to repeat our visit as often as we liked. By train _viâ_ Carlisle to Liverpool, where the Mayor, Mr. Livingston, was waiting, and conveyed us to his country house. [Sidenote: Liverpool, Nov. 6.] The great event of my visit to Liverpool came off to-day. Mayor’s dinner to Sir Harry Parkes. Had to return thanks for Navy and self. Parkes spoke well, giving a review of affairs in Japan, from commencement of his appointment there to present time; very interesting. No one ever did more brilliant work in Japan than he did. [Sidenote: Nov. 30.] Since the middle of the month grave reports of the health of the Prince of Wales were inserted in the papers. H.R.H. had been at Scarborough with Lord Londesborough. With him was Lord Chesterfield, who, simultaneously with the Prince and the groom, were attacked by typhoid fever; of the three, H.R.H. alone survived.