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without a playmate, and if he has no one to play with, 

 he will be almost sure to get into mischief. One will 

 want to boss the other, but they can generally be 

 left to settle their own quarrels. In every pack there 



Fig. 143. Back view of Kennel Coat. 



is a master hound who rules the roost, but if he 

 degenerates into an intolerable bully, he may, not 

 improbably, be killed and eaten by the others, an 

 occurrence which Mr. Mills tells us took place in Mr. 

 Conyer's kennel at Copthall, Essex. 



