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" Let me try to describe one of the best terriers 

 that ever went to ground after otter, badger, fox, 

 or marten. Old Mart weighed i2lb. or i4lb. ; long- 

 backed, broken-haired, with black back and tan 

 legs ; a small head, with powerful jaws ; ears small 

 and tulip-shaped so small that they almost looked 

 as if they had been cropped. Then there was 

 Wasp, out of Mart by a dog that followed the 

 Patterdale hounds. Wasp was low set, of a blueish 

 colour, smaller than her mother in fact, she 

 reminded you of a diminutive Bedlington. Then 

 we had a larger terrier, broken-haired, which I 

 always fancied had a touch of the bull in him. 

 One who has hunted on foot with them for ten 

 years, and is now nearly ' shelved/ may be pardoned 

 for a little senile egotism. 



11 Let me relate the pluck of these three little 

 beauties. Returning home from a marten hunt 

 from Seat Sandal, our terriers marked, and went 

 to ground under Helm Crag, which consists of large 

 boulders and loose stones. We were not long waiting 

 before a scrimmage was taking place far beneath 

 us. To get them away by calling was useless ; 

 the labour of removing the rubbish was immense. 

 With the aid of some willing assistance, after 

 working all night, we came upon the terriers with 

 their foe, a badger. They had fought the badger 



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