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a hunted hare take to water and " foot it " a 

 considerable distance down a shallow running 

 brook before emerging on terra-firma again. 

 It has recently been my good fortune to 

 inspect a remarkably smart, level, and 

 workmanlike little pack of foot harriers 

 " The Crickhowell Harriers " and I am 

 indebted to the courtesy of the hon. 

 Secretary for the following particulars 

 concerning them, which I trust may prove 

 of interest to my readers. The pack con- 

 sists of fifteen and a half couple of 

 old hounds and five and a half couple 

 of new (this season) entries, and their 

 standard of measurement is 17 to 18 inches 

 for bitches, and 17^- to i8J inches for dog- 

 hounds. The country they hunt is so 

 mountainous and hilly that riding to hounds 

 would be neither pleasurable nor practicable, 

 consequently they are hunted on foot. In 

 passing, I may remark that the high ground 



