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available to take command whenever needed. 

 Few ladies enjoy such robust health that they 

 can defy the weather, and fatigue inseparable 

 from long days, for any length of time with 

 imiDunity, though their spirit may carry them 

 seemingly through for the time being. Some- 

 times the family doctor can tell a different tale, 

 with a grave face and a shake of the head ! At 

 any rate, it seems scarcely probable that ladies 

 will be extensively employed as professional 

 huntsmen, and Girton graduates will hardly be 

 able to look forward to such a post as a due 

 reward for their arduous educational efforts ! 



What is the most suitable standard of height 

 for harriers is ever a burning and much dis- 

 cussed question. From the diminutive rabbit 

 beagle, that can scarcely tire a hare before it has 

 tired itself, and could not hold a full-grown hare 

 if it should chance to get hold of it, to the 

 stately Kerry " beagle," beloved of O'Connell 

 " the Liberator," each has its supporters and 

 earnest advocates. The true harrier, the old- 

 fashioned, serviceable, blue mottled, or black 

 and tan hound is almost improved out of ex- 

 istence, but he had a marvellous tender nose, 

 with indefatigable patience, and was admirably 

 adapted for the work he had to do. The scent 

 of a hare is much weaker than that of a fox, and 

 a foxhound is apt to have too much drive for 

 working out the intricacies of the puzzle set by 

 a crafty old hare, though his speed may enable 

 him to race it down, without giving it the op- 

 portunity of putting its wiles in force. This, 

 however, is rather begging the question, and 

 by so doing the essential spirit of hare-hunting 

 is altogether lost. One of the causes of this 



