io6 Modern Dogs. 



hounds as some of those already alluded to, do 

 this work wonderfully well. Any man of ordinary 

 pedestrian powers can follow them from start to 

 finish, for a rabbit does not as a rule live long before 

 hounds and, as all know, will go to ground at the 

 earliest opportunity. The hare, too, fails to go 

 away at such a break neck pace when the slower 

 beagle is plodding after her, as she succeeds in 

 doing when bullied and flustered by the dashing 

 harrier with a lot of foxhound blood in him. 



As a hound the beagle deserves to be cultivated, 

 and, from the list, containing twenty-six packs, that 

 appears in the " Rural Almanac," its popularity is 

 certainly not on the wane where hunting is con- 

 cerned any more than it is in the show ring. 



