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 of the name of David Dickson, though missing on Saturday, was not found till the following morning. He had fallen down from cold and exhaustion, and though immediately carried to the nearest house, warmed and fed, it was long before he could tell what had befallen him. A third shepherd, though nearly frozen to death, was found standing in an erect posture, but deprived alike of consciousness and feeling. The same awful day, Mr J—— B———. a most extensive and respectable shoe-maker, in Kilmarnock, and who has many relatives is this quarter, perished, while endeavouring to return home. The coach on which he travelled, from Degan’s Well, stuck fast in a wreath at Drumbog-hill, and being an outside passenger he was forced to alight.. The guard offered him one of the horses, and advised him to return to the Inn he had left; but being unaccustomed to ride, and having told Mrs B—— that he would be home in the evening, he ventured to prosecute his journey on foot. The snow at this time was falling fast, the wind howling along the heath, and before he had proceeded far, he became bewildered, wandered to the top of the hill, and in the absence of all human aid, sunk down exhausted, and exipired. On Monday morning a volunteered party of his men, with a few of his friends, left Kilmarnock, to discover what had become of their master, and after a painful search found his body in the above spot. On Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, his respectable widow was in a dreadful situation, and feared the worst from the very