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rarely failed to bolt his fox, in fact I have seen six 

 or seven terriers, considered good ones at their work, 

 tried at a hole without going to their game, but as 

 soon as Flint was put in he challenged his fox, 

 and without what is locally termed as ' manning ' 

 (encouragement by word of mouth). Flint was a 

 very wise dog, and if he passed a hole you might 

 feel quite certain there was not a fox there. I have 

 known him on several occasions to be in a hole 

 for three days at a time with a fox, and taken out 

 none the worse for the prolonged sojourn under- 

 ground. 



" The favourite colour is red or mustard, although 

 there are plenty of the variety pepper coloured, and 

 others black and tan. Their coat or hair should be 

 hard and wiry and close, so as to enable them to 

 withstand cold and wet. They have generally been 

 bred for use and not for looks, but I have seen some 

 very bonny terriers of this same strain. They 

 should stand straight on their legs, with a short 

 back, and not made like a Dandie Dinmont, long- 

 backed and crooked ; their ears ought to drop like 

 those of a fox terrier, but this is not a sine qua non. 

 A strong jaw is a great point, but not nearly so long 

 in the nose as the usual strains of Dandies and 

 Scottish terriers. They may be either red or black 

 nosed ; in fact, the former colour is often preferred, 



