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have to kennel with hounds who might worry 

 them, live on rough but homely fare, swim through 

 wet drains, or go to ground in huge fox earths from 

 which they may never see the light of heaven again. 

 There is the danger of receiving fatal wounds from 

 their game of fox or otter, sweetmart or foulmart, 

 any of which may tear up a nose or split an ear, 

 and finish the recipient of such an injury so far as 

 the show-bench would be concerned. There are 

 terriers which I have already described kept for the 

 latter alone, and no doubt many of them are game 

 enough, but for wild, rough work of hunting in its 

 various forms, other terriers are required as assistants 

 to the hounds, and such of them as I know shall 

 come under the heading of this chapter. And note 

 at the outset that I believe that the terriers of which 

 I am about to write have far hardier constitutions, 

 and are stronger physically than their more fashion- 

 able cousins. I have had prize fox terriers of my 

 own, about as good and game as ever were made, 

 properly trained, and entered and kennelled with 

 hounds. Such would go to ground and do all that 

 was required of them, but after a long day they re- 

 quired carrying home, when the so-called " mongrels" 

 were trudging away at the tails of the hounds. 

 They have heart enough, and the inclination, 

 but the physical strength is deficient. 



