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pursuit known in the annals of hunting. On the 8th of June 

 in that year, a fox and hound were seen near Dunkeld in 

 Perthshire, on the high road, proceeding at a slow trotting 

 pace. The dog was about fifty yards behind the fox, and 

 each was so fatigued as not to gain on the other. A coun- 

 tryman very easily caught the fox, and both it and the dog 

 were taken to a gentleman's house in the neighbourhood, 

 where the fox died. It was afterwards ascertained that the 

 hound belonged to the Duke of Gordon, and that the fox 

 was started on the morning of the 4th of June, on the top 

 of those hills called Monaliadh, which separate Badenoch 

 from Fort Augustus. From this it appeared that the chase 

 lasted four days, and that the distance traversed from the 

 place where the fox was unkennelled to the spot where 

 it was caught, without making any allowances for doubles, 

 crosses, etc., and as the crow flies, exceeded seventy 

 miles." 



The Harrier. "The Harrier," says Colonel Smith, "so called 

 from being usually applied to hare hunting is smaller than 

 the fox-hound, not exceeding eighteen inches at the shoulder. 

 It is entirely an artificial breed and is often confounded with 

 the beagle." 



The Beagle. The Beagle is called by Mr. Jesse, " a Fox- 

 hound in miniature, " and he adds nothing can well be more 

 perfect than the shape of these small dogs. " In Queen Eli- 

 zabeth's reign, " says Colonel Smith, " the fanciers bred a race 

 so small, that a complete cry of them could be carried out 

 to the field in a pair of panniers. That princess had little 

 singing beagles which could be placed in a man's glove ! At 

 present they are about twelve or fourteen inches at the 

 shoulders, stout and compact in make, with long ears, and 

 either marked with a bright streak or spot of white about 

 the neck on a dark brown coat, or white with spots like a 

 harrier, of black and red. They are slow but persevering, 

 and are sufficiently sure of killing their game." 



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