. 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 all dogs, which are entirely rewritten. Dog breeds; Dogs. THE OTTER-HOUND. 7i owing also to the Master's selection of the best swimmers. A round cat-like foot is not here the desideratum, since the work is chiefly in the water, hut an open one with plenty of web, spreading, when on the ground, in a way which would horrify the huntsman of the Quorn or the Pytchly. In all other respects the otter-hound. " Bellman,"
. 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 all dogs, which are entirely rewritten. Dog breeds; Dogs. THE OTTER-HOUND. 7i owing also to the Master's selection of the best swimmers. A round cat-like foot is not here the desideratum, since the work is chiefly in the water, hut an open one with plenty of web, spreading, when on the ground, in a way which would horrify the huntsman of the Quorn or the Pytchly. In all other respects the otter-hound. " Bellman," an Otter-Hound; Pedigree unknown. is, like the Welsh harrier, a true descendant of the old Southern hound, and, like him, he dwells on a scent with the greatest gusto. In temper, also, he is very irritable, having so strong a tendency to fight in kennel, that, like the Kilkenny cats, there is some- times only a tail or two left in the morning when the feeder enters the kennel. In sober truth, I have known six and a half couples found dead or dying after a night's fighting, and with wounds of a most savage description, evidently made with malice. 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, John Henry, 1810-1888; Armatage, George (Stonehenge, pseud. ). London, Longmans, Green
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