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ther, from their equality of fpeed, (it being 

 eafier to excel the flow than the faft,) at the 

 leaft balk, there are ten nofes on the ground 

 for one. 



The third fi3ecies of Hounds mentioned 

 I never faw an entire kennel of, being in 

 fome parts not much encouraged : they are 

 of northern breed, and in great efteem, be- 

 ing bold Dogs, and by many Huntfmen 

 preferred for the Otter and Martin : in fome 

 places they are encouraged for Fox-hounds, 

 but bad to breed from, being too fubjedt to 

 degenerate and produce thick, low, heavy 

 fhouldered Dogs unfit for the chace, 



Beagles, rough or fmooth, have their ad-» 

 mirers ; they fpend their tongues free in tre- 

 ble or tenor, and go a greater rate than the 

 fouthern Hounds, but tail abominably. 

 They run low to ground, therefore enjoy the 

 fcent better than taller Dogs, efpecially 

 when the atmofphere lies low. In an en- 

 clofed country they do beft, as they mufe 

 with the Hare, and at trailing or default, 

 are pretty good for hedge-rows j yet I have 

 feen eighty couple in the field, out of which, 

 \n a winter's fport, I obferved not four 

 I 3 couple 



