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away from everyone, but at others they seemed to 

 have Httle pace and dash, and if horses pressed on 

 them at all they seemed to become too nervous to 

 try to hunt. 



The writer has tried to trace, however imperfectly, 

 the different breeds from which the old pack may 

 have been originally derived, and has tried to point 

 out which seem most likely, but he is fain to admit 

 that it is pure speculation, though, he ventures to 

 think, an interesting subject for speculation. 



The Southern hound was abandoned as a probable 

 source with reluctance, on account of the positive 

 assertion of Dr. Collyns, but the information about 

 that breed is too vague, and such as there is, is so 

 utterly at variance with the type of the old pack that 

 it seems impossible for it to have been the main 

 stock. Youatt describes it as a big, heavy hound, 

 but his picture is utterly unlike the old staghounds, 

 while M. de Canteleu, who classes it as among 

 existing English breeds, makes it something between 

 a small harrier and a large beagle. 



