3O O'er Crag and Torrent 



come dyving under the water he shall of 

 necessitie touche their lyne, and so shall 

 they feele and know which way he is passed, 

 the whiche shall make him be taken the 

 sooner. An otter's skinne is very good 

 furre, and his grease will make a medicine 

 to make fyshes turn up their bellies as if 

 they were deade. A good otter hounde 

 may prove an excellent buck-hounde if he 

 be not olde before he is entered." 



So much for my old friend Tuberville's 

 quaint description of how to circumvent the 

 wily otter. I need hardly point out to my 

 readers that in mentioning blood-hounds I 

 think it probable the old southern hound, 

 which I have before mentioned, was referred 

 to by the writer of ancient days. Neither 

 do we now use a spear or forked staff for 

 striking the otter ; but an otter pole is used 

 for assistance in getting over awkward 



