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and black marks, occasionally pure white, and 

 certainly not more than i81b. or so in weight. He 

 has been described as a short-legged, longish- 

 backed dog, strong and muscular, of unflinching 

 courage, hard biters (too much so in some 

 instances), and of unflinching courage." The black 

 and tan marked dog in the centre of the group 

 heading this chapter is a Sealy Ham terrier. 



Another writer says the Sealy Ham terrier, 

 whose fame has spread far beyond the boundaries 

 of Pembrokeshire, is mostly used for otter hunting. 

 It is a distinct type of terrier, which by judicious 

 breeding the Edwardes family succeeded after many 

 years careful mating in producing, with long, wiry 

 bodies and short legs. This terrier resembles in 

 certain features the animal whose destruction it was 

 bred to accomplish, namely, the otter. The late 

 Capt. Edwardes was extremely proud of the working 

 capabilities of his dogs, and never tired of relating 

 encounters which his dogs frequently experienced 

 with badgers, otters, foxes, polecats, &c. Many is 

 the time that the foxhounds have had to enlist the 

 services of the Sealy Ham terriers in bolting a fox 

 which had gone to earth. It is said of the late 

 Capt. Edwardes, that on one occasion, when 

 presiding at a political meeting at Fishguard, he 

 was accompanied on to the platform by two of 



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