2o O*er Crag and Torrent 



coated animal, marked like the fox-hounds 

 of the present day, very slow, with excellent 

 nose, and a melodious and bell-like note. 

 Devonshire is credited with being the last 

 county in England to possess a pack of the 

 pure old southern hounds. It is now 

 generally admitted that the modern otter- 

 hound is descended from the above old 

 southern hound. To describe him shortly, 

 he is a big, rough coated hound, with a 

 conical-shaped skull somewhat like a blood- 

 hound's, with big, dark, and intelligent eyes, 

 a powerful well-ribbed body, straight, heavy- 

 boned legs, and large, well-formed feet ; the 

 stern carried gaily. He is marked rather 

 like the fox-hound, but generally white, with 

 greyish black or grizzly patches ; he is slow, 

 and has the beautiful bell-like voice alluded 

 to as possessed by the old southern hound. 

 At the present day, however, very few 

 packs (if any) consists of all-pure otter- 



