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without a whimper, and with little trouble, kill a 

 huge foulmart in a plantation by the river side, it 

 was plain enough that her reputation had not been 

 obtained by fraudulent means. 



Such terriers as the latter were, half a century 

 and longer ago, common enough in Cumberland 

 and Westmoreland. The old printer, who taught 

 me how to dress flies and catch trout, was never 

 tired of talking about his little Pepper, who had, 

 however, died long before I was born. Poor little 

 chap, they docked his tail on the " making-up 

 stone " in the " composing " room of a now defunct 

 local newspaper, and then took him into the editorial 

 office below, where the carrier had brought from 

 Martindale Fells a beautiful " sweetmart " (Martes 

 foind). Notwithstanding the still bleeding stump, 

 Pepper was ready for the fray, and, though in the 

 combat his nose was twice split, the formidable 

 "marten cat" was ultimately made ready for the 

 earlier process of the taxidermist's skill. Worry, 

 mated with another wonderfully game terrier a 

 dark-coloured one, Cockerton's Crab produced a 

 litter of puppies, one of which won prizes in the 

 earlier days of dog shows. Crab won second prize 

 at Kendal show in 1872, had no superior under 

 ground, and many are the foxes he has driven from, 

 or killed in, the huge earths, which are, however, of 



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