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latter could not get their noses down, but at 

 length the fugitive came to a standstill and 

 paused for breath. Then he made down a ravine 

 towards the river, but, changing his mind, he 

 turned back, and after another short run, was 

 seized by the hounds and killed. The otter proved 

 to be a female lolbs weight, somewhat underfed, 

 which perhaps accounts for her extraordinary 

 activity and staying powers. There was a large 

 crowd of spectators, and the excitement was in- 

 tense, but perfect order was preserved, and every- 

 body manifested the strongest desire that f airplay 

 should be given to the otter, which, from first to 

 last, was neither touched nor interfered with, ex- 

 cept by the hounds and terriers. At the conclu- 

 sion of the hunt, three cheers were given for the 

 hounds, three for the master, and three for Sandy. 



OTTEE-HUNTING IN THE ALE WITH 

 DE. GEANT'S OTTEEHOUNDS. 



THE season was most brilliantly inaugurated 

 in Ale water, when the gallant master of the hunt 

 achieved a triumph on which he had long set his 



