. '' 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
. '' 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
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