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as regards the make and shape of a dog used solely 

 for sport. 



A terrier for work on the fells must be able to 

 squeeze through very narrow places, be active 

 withal, and sufficiently high on the leg to enable 

 him to follow the huntsman through snow or rough 

 ground without tiring. Some people imagine 

 that a terrier when creeping through a narrow 

 place works himself along on his chest, and they 

 conclude that a wide-chested, short-legged dog 

 is the best for the purpose. As a matter of fact, 

 the dog Ues on his side, and works himself ahead 

 with his legs. For this reason, an apparently big 

 dog, that is, one fairly high on the leg, narrow, but 

 deep through the heart, can get into some remark- 

 ably tight places. Terriers of the Sealyham type, 

 short-legged, and broad-chested, whilst able to 

 work in big badger earths, or wide drains, fail when 

 it comes to negotiating narrow cracks and crevices 

 in the rocks, such as foxes are so found of taking 

 refuge in, on the fells. It matters not how a 

 terrier is bred, or what sort of a mongrel he is, so 

 long as he is a worker, game and courageous to go 

 up to his fox, bolt him, or make an end of him. 

 " Handsome is as handsome does " is the motto 

 on the fells, where nothing but real hard workers 

 are tolerated for a moment. 



Once a year there are certain shepherds' 

 meetings held in the Lake countr}^ for the exchange 



