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like the slow and careful quest of the bloodhound. This, of course, may be over- 

 done, and in that case the hound constantly overruns the scent ; but without it in 

 these days few foxes would be killed, for unless they are hard pressed the scent 

 soon fails and is altogether lost." For ordinary country the male foxhound 

 should average twenty-four inches, and the female twenty-two and one-half inches 

 in height ; but in hilly districts smaller hounds are preferred. 



Harrier 



FOXHOUNDS IN FULL CRY. 

 (One-ninth natural size.) 



This is a breed of hound trained to hunt hares instead of foxes, and 

 intermediate in point of size between the foxhound and beagle. Pure- 

 bred harriers, probably descended from the old southern hound, are to be met with 

 in Wales, but many of those used in England are crossed with the foxhound, while 

 in some cases a small breed of foxhounds is employed in hare hunting. Owing to 

 the absence of the practice of "cropping," harriers may be distinguished from fox- 

 hounds by their larger and pointed ears ; and they generally have longer and nar- 

 rower heads, with a deeper hollow under the somewhat fuller eye. The height 

 generally varies from sixteen to a little below twenty inches. The colors and general 



