OTTER-HUNTING 



The late Rev. Jack Russell, of Devonshire fame, 

 walked some hundreds of miles before he found 

 his first otter. This was owing to the fact that his 

 hounds at the beginning were unentered to otter. 

 When he finally got hold of an entered hound, 

 matters took a different turn, and he showed capital 

 sport, but his ill-success at first was certainly not 

 for want of trying. 



When hunting a river, particularly in a hilly 

 district, a sudden flood may put a stop to sport. 

 When the weather is unsettled it is wise, therefore, 

 to allow for such a contingency, and be prepared 

 to arrange matters so that a smaller stream or lake 

 can be substituted. 



A frequent reason for blank days lies in having 

 too wide a district to hunt. This means that 

 certain streams are visited but once a season, and 

 a single day on each is not sufficient to insure sport. 

 A certain river is perhaps visited to-day, and 

 hounds hit off a drag and carry it up-stream a long 

 way, until the hour is late, and their otter still 



unfound. The next fixture is probably in another 



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