§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether, in consequence of the great damage done in the Keose District of the Island of Lewis to the sheep of the crofters by the dogs of the sportsmen, and in view of the fact that the crofters wore forbidden by the estate regulations to keep guns for the protection of their stock and crops previous to the passing of the Crofters' Act of 1886, and since have been too poor to obtain them, the Government will take some steps to remedy this condition of affairs?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR,&c.) Clackmannan,I have not heard that damage has been done in the Keose District in the Island of Lewis to the sheep of crofters by the dogs of sportsmen; but, if such damage has been done, the crofters will have the ordinary remedy of a claim of damages against the owners of the dogs, and if a dog is known to be dangerous, and is not kept under proper control, they will be entitled to obtain a summary order directing that the dog be kept by the owner under proper control or destroyed, subject to penalty if he fail to comply with the Order."