. The dog in health and disease : comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of toy dogs. Dogs; Dogs -- Diseases. DOMESTICATED '' Bellman," an Otteiliound ; pedigree unknuwu. THE OTTERHOUND. No hound whicli is now kept in Great Britain resembles the southern hound so much as this, the difference being only in the rough wiry coat, which has been obtained by careful breeding, to enable them to resist the ill effects of the rough weather which the breed have to encounter, whether in
. The dog in health and disease : comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of toy dogs. Dogs; Dogs -- Diseases. DOMESTICATED '' Bellman," an Otteiliound ; pedigree unknuwu. THE OTTERHOUND. No hound whicli is now kept in Great Britain resembles the southern hound so much as this, the difference being only in the rough wiry coat, which has been obtained by careful breeding, to enable them to resist the ill effects of the rough weather which the breed have to encounter, whether in the chase of the hare, for which they were originally employed in Wales, or for that of the otter, to which they are now almost exclusively restricted. If, therefoi^e, the reader turns to the description of the southern hound, and adds to it a rough wiry coat with a profusion of rough whisker, he Avill at once understand the form and nature of the otterhound, alias the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888. London : Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer
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