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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
Foxhound,
so
wonderful
in
his
forward
dash,
may
have
too
much
of
it
for
otter
hunting.
The
otter
is
so
wary.
His
holt
can
very
well
be
passed,
his
delicious
scent
may
be
overrun;
but
the
pure-bred
Otterhound
is
equal
to
all
occasions.
He
is
terribly
certain
on
the
trail
when
he
finds
it.
Nothing
can
throw
him
off
it,
and
when
his
deep
note
swells
into
a
sort
of
savage
howl,
as
he
lifts
his
head
towards
the
roots
of
some
old
pollard,
there
is
a
meaning
in
it--no
mistake
has
been
made.
In
every
part
of
a
run
it
is
the
same;
the
otter
dodges
up
stream
and
down,
lands
for
a
moment,
returns
to
his
holt;
but
his
adversaries
are
always
with
him,
and
as
one
sees
their
steady
work
the
impression
becomes
stronger
and
stronger
that
for
the
real
sport
of
otter-hunting
there
is
nothing
as
good
as
the
pure-bred
Otterhound.
There
is
something
so
dignified
and
noble
about
the
hound
of
unsullied
strain
that
if
you
once
see
a
good
one
you
will
not
soon
forget
him.
He
is
a
large
hound,
as
he
well
needs
to
be,
for
the
"varmint"
who
is
his
customary
quarry
is
the
wildest,
most
vicious,
and,
for
its
size,
the
most
powerful
of
all
British
wild
animals,
the
inveterate
poacher
of
our
salmon
streams,
and
consequently
to
be
mercilessly
slaughtered,
although
always
in
sporting
fashion.
To
be
equal
to
such
prey,
the
hound
must
have
a
Bulldog's
courage,
a
Newfoundland's
strength
in
water,
a
Pointer's
nose,
a
Retriever's
sagacity,
the
stamina
of
the
Foxhound,
the
patience
of
a
Beagle,
the
intelligence
of
a
Collie.
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