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happy until he gets it the fox driven from his 

 lurking place underground. 



Much more very much more could be written 

 of the fox terrier, especially as to his work, but those 

 who think I have not said enough must refer back 

 to the " History of the Fox Terrier," already alluded 

 to. That he will do his work after game under- 

 ground goes without saying, and he has been trained 

 by one of the modern electric lighting companies to 

 assist them in a part of their business, and I cannot 

 better close my story of the fox terrier than by 

 copying the following from a London newspaper : 



" The method adopted by the Crompton Electric 

 Lighting Company in laying their connections con- 

 sists in copper strips (technically known as the 

 ( strip ') conducted along the whole of their system 

 in culverts underground. It is necessary to carry 

 these strips through the culverts in lengths of about 

 100 yards each, and they are laid four abreast. 

 These strips are supported on transverse bars at 

 intervals of 10 yards. The difficulty and expense of 

 laying these strips was a serious consideration for 

 the company, until it occurred to the foreman of the 

 works that a terrier might be trained to carry a guide 

 rope along the culverts, to the end of which the 

 strip could be attached, and then easily drawn 

 through. He had in his possession a fox terrier 



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