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these names, even if there be more than one hound 

 of the same name already in kennels. I have met 

 no fewer than three Sailors in one pack at the same 

 time. It is quite a simple matter to make even 

 an old hound answer to a new name, and it 

 obviates the chance of confusion both in the field 

 and in kennels to have no two hounds called alike. 

 It is advisable to have a system in naming hounds, 

 and to give puppies of the same litter names begin- 

 ning with the same letter of the alphabet. The 

 following does not pretend to be a complete list of 

 hound-names, but only of such as seem to me — 

 without being fanciful — to be particularly applicable 

 to Otter-hounds : — 



List of Names Suitable for Otter-hounds. 

 Dogs. 



