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from which the buzzard sometimes watched the 

 moor, when, to his surprise, he saw Dosmary 

 and Tuneful just beginning the ascent of the 

 hill. 



' Niver lyin' up round the tarn ! 'Tes ten year 

 agone since they found theere. However, here 

 they come, here the beauties come.' 



There was a strange tenderness in his voice, 

 but the light that leapt to his eyes told still more 

 plainly how he was stirred. He watched them 

 for a few moments, so that the whole pack was 

 in sight before he began retracing his steps, and 

 quickly as his sinewy legs carried him up the 

 steep, the hounds had passed him when he gained 

 the crest. Quivering with excitement, he stood 

 again for a moment with his eyes on them as 

 they streamed along the strand ; then he tore 

 along in their wake. 



He might have covered twoscore yards, during 

 which the pack had swept round the end of the 

 tarn to the rocks, when a crash of music pro- 

 claimed the find, and brought him up in his 

 stride. Soon the white -and- tan heads of the 

 leading hounds showed as they rounded the 

 point. One glance he gave them — only one : 

 then his eyes were all for the otter. Whilst he 

 watched the water well in front of the pack, 



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