50 DOMESTICATED HUXTING-DOGS. 



mucli neglected, and most men now-a-days prefer even that of 

 "the squeaking bitches^' if they give a good gallop, to the full- 

 toned and bell-like tongues, one below the other, which were 

 formerly considered to be a part of the sport, and without which a 

 full cry was not listened to with pleasure. All. this is of course a 

 matter of taste, as it is manifest that the bitches with their shrill 

 tongues can hunt as well as the dogs, and not having a musical 

 ear myself, I cannot enter into the feelings of those who have. 



There are still several small packs of these heaw slow hounds 

 kept in the sequestered villages of Devon, Yorkshire, Sussex, and 

 South Wales, but it is very doubtful how far they represent any 

 one of the three above-named old breeds. It is wholly as a matter 

 of curiosity and antiquarian lore that any reference is made to 

 them. 



