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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
sport
of
otter-hunting
is
decidedly
increasing,
as
there
have
been
several
hunts
started
within
the
last
six
years.
There
can
well
be
many
more,
as,
according
to
the
opinion
of
that
excellent
authority,
the
late
Rev.
"Otter"
Davies,
as
he
was
always
called,
there
are
otters
on
every
river;
but,
owing
to
the
nocturnal
and
mysterious
habits
of
the
animals,
their
whereabouts
or
existence
is
seldom
known,
or
even
suspected.
Hunting
them
is
a
very
beautiful
sport,
and
the
question
arises
as
to
whether
the
pure
Otterhounds
should
not
be
more
generally
used
than
they
are
at
present.
It
is
often
asserted
that
their
continued
exposure
to
water
has
caused
a
good
deal
of
rheumatism
in
the
breed,
that
they
show
age
sooner
than
others,
and
that
the
puppies
are
difficult
to
rear.
There
are,
however,
many
advantages
in
having
a
pure
breed,
and
there
is
much
to
say
for
the
perfect
work
of
the
Otterhound.
The
scent
of
the
otter
is
possibly
the
sweetest
of
all
trails
left
by
animals.
One
cannot
understand
how
it
is
that
an
animal
swimming
two
or
three
feet
from
the
bottom
of
a
river-bed
and
the
same
from
the
surface
should
leave
a
clean
line
of
burning
scent
that
may
remain
for
twelve
or
eighteen
hours.
The
supposition
must
be
that
the
scent
from
the
animal
at
first
descends
and
is
then
always
rising.
At
any
rate,
the
oldest
Foxhound
or
Harrier
that
has
never
touched
otter
is
at
once
in
ravishing
excitement
on
it,
and
all
dogs
will
hunt
it.
The
terrier
is
never
keener
than
when
he
hits
on
such
a
line.
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