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wonderful little fellow Teddy and many others. 

 But one equally good, and which had appearance 

 likewise to recommend him, was Mr. Wilkinson's 

 favourite when he had his hounds at Neasham 

 Abbey. The name of this terrier, which we have 

 seen drive three otters from one drain, we cannot 

 just call to mind ; he was a miniature of that grand 

 old Adam which, shown by McAdam Graham, more 

 than once figured on the show-bench successfully. 

 Almost all huntsmen who work the rough districts 

 of England and Wales have dogs which will do the 

 duty required of them, and to some such are 

 invaluable. Mr. John Benson had some hard 

 terriers running with the West Cumberland otter 

 hounds, and for two or three seasons a good-looking 

 white ''show-ring dog" did yeoman's service, at times 

 swimming with the hounds as well as going to 

 ground as occasion required. This was one of 

 the few exceptions where handsomeness and utility 

 were combined in one fox terrier. 



Away in the wildest portions of the Cumberland 

 lake district, little Tommy Dobson, bobbin-turner 

 by trade and foxhunter by inclination and repute, 

 is as well known as ever Dick Christian was with 

 the Quorn ; but Dobson has to kill his foxes up 

 in the hills and fastnesses of Eskdale, round about 

 Wast Water, and elsewhere, amidst rocks and 



