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** Let the huntsman try all around, and let him be 

 perfectly satisfied that the fox is not gone on before 

 the earth be tried. A fox sometimes runs over an earth,, 

 and does not go into it ; he sometimes goes in and 

 does not stay ; he may find it too hot, or may not like 

 the company he meets with there. 



" Huntsmen, when they get near, the fox, will some- 

 times put a hound in to draw him ; this is, however, 

 a cruel operation, and seldom answers any other pur- 

 pose than to occasion the dog a bad bite, the fox's 

 head generally being towards him : besides, a few 

 minutes' digging will make it unnecessary. 



" If foxes be bred in an earth which is unsafe, stink 

 them out ; that, or indeed a disturbance at the mouth 

 of the hole, will make the old one carry them off to 

 another place.'* 



THE DALMATIAN, OR COACH DOG 



h the most inoffensive of the canine race, and is re- 

 markable for its beauty and singular appearance ; its 

 colour being white and profusely marked with round 

 black spots. It was thought to be of Danish extrac- 

 tion ; but Pennant asserts that it came from Dalmatia, 

 near the Venetian gulf. It is at present very com- 

 mon in England, and is generally reserved to attend 

 upon carriages and horses when they are called into 

 use, when he appears highly delighted and happy. 



