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Mr. Macnamara further says that their cry in the 

 chase is full, sonorous, and musical ; when hunting 

 the head is thrown upwards frequently, and when 

 this is so they are in full cry. When on trail their 

 note is of prolonged sweetness. 



I take it that these " beagles " are pretty much 

 of the same type, excepting in colour, as the purest 

 of our English harriers, and, although their size is 

 against their identity with the common beagles, as 

 they are known as such, it is better to allude to 

 these Kerry hounds under this head than another. 



More attention has been given to the beagle in 

 the South of England than elsewhere, and the 

 county of Sussex has usually been noted for them. 

 Indeed, the handsome blue mottled specimens were 

 at one time known as Sussex beagles ; and I 

 fancy that, from this county, first sprang the variety 

 with a wire-haired coat, not unlike a miniature otter 

 hound in appearance. Mr. H. P. Cambridge, of 

 Bloxworth, is alluded to by " Stonehenge" as 

 having a pack of 1 3-inch beagles for hunting the 

 furze country in his locality, in which there were 

 some rough hounds. One of the best of these, 

 black, tan, and white, originally came from near 

 Cranbourne. About twenty-five years ago I saw 

 a peculiar little beagle, some 12 inches in height, 

 with extraordinarily long ears, characteristic face, 



