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will not go if there is nothing to go for, that 

 will not quit the pursuit as long as there is 

 game ahead who, regardless of noise above 

 and the onslaught of the enemy underground, 

 in spite of twisting passages and the inter- 

 position of barricades, continues the attack, 

 and never ceases from giving tongue when 

 in proximity to the foe. Such a terrier 

 should not close unless he is charged, and he 

 must not be of so excitable a temperament 

 that he will bay an imaginary foe, or attack 

 another dog despatched underground to his 

 relief. I am not sure whether a good Dachs- 

 hund (Dachs German for badger) is not as 

 useful as any other. The properly trained 

 sort is only "made in Germany," and on the 

 Continent he is most intelligent and com- 

 panionable, enormously strong, very pertina- 



