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season, and when she was fat, and the position adds to that appearance, 

 which must consequently be allowed for ; but her head and front are 

 wonderfully well done, and the artist has caught the expression well. 



The following are the weights and measurements of two of Mr. 

 Carrick's best hounds : 



Mr. J. C. Carrick's Lottery : Age, 3i years ; weight, 76|lb. ; height 

 at shoulder, 24in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 39in. ; length of 

 tail, 17in. ; girth of chest, 30in. ; girth of loin, 24in. ; girth of head, 

 I7in. ; girth of forearm, Tin. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 

 lO^in. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, llin. ; 

 ear, S^in. 



Mr. J. C. Carrick's Danger: Age, 1 years ; weight, 731b. ; height at 

 shoulder, 25^in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 40|in. ; length of 

 tail, 18in. ; girth of chest, 31in. ; girth of loin, 23in. ; girth of head, 

 18in. ; girth of forearm, 7in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of 

 nose, llin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 

 lljin. ; ear, 9in. 



CHAPTER XII. THE HARRIER. 



BY CORSINCON. 



OF the various breeds of hounds, none has undergone greater modifica- 

 tions than the Harrier or hare-hound, so called from his having been kept 

 exclusively, or nearly so, to the pursuit of that game. 



Caius describes him as ' ' that kind of dog which nature hath endued 

 with the virtue of smelling, whose property it is to use a justness, a 

 readiness, and a courageousness in hunting;" and further, "we may 

 know these kind of dogs by their long, large, and bagging lips, by their 

 hanging ears reaching down both sides of their chappes, and by the 

 indifferent and measurable proportion of their making ; this sort of dog 

 we call Leverarius, Harriers." 



Such a description, meagre as it is, applies more to the dog we still 

 recognise as the old southern hound if, indeed, that type has not been 



