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country must be improved by these importations, 

 and any fears as to degeneracy from inter-breeding 

 may be set at rest. Another big dog of the race is 

 Colonel Wellesley's Damon, 3ofin. at the shoulders, 

 and about i lolb. in weight, but when we saw him he 

 did not quite equal in symmetry and general exceU 

 lence such dogs as Krilutt, Oudar, Korotai, and may 

 be another dog, imported by Mr. Summerson, of 

 Darlington, called Koat, afterward H'Vat. 



To dwell a little more upon the very best speci- 

 mens seen in England during the past year or so 

 Krilutt and Korotai, with Oudar and Ooslad, cer- 

 tainly bear the palm. The latter, a fawn hound, is 

 rather smaller than the others, but on one occasion, 

 at least, he has beaten Korotai, a decision with 

 which I do not agree ; for if Ooslad is a little finer 

 in the head, his opponent beats him in coat, colour, 

 power, size, and in all other particulars. Korotai 

 is a white dog with slight blue markings. It is said 

 that when in Russia he has run down and over- 

 powered a wolf. His strain is of the best and most 

 valued, and I certainly liked him the best of any of 

 his race I had seen until Oudar came on to the 

 scene. However, at the show already alluded to, 

 the latter was not in good condition, and suffered 

 defeat ; Korotai winning chief honours in an extra- 

 ordinary fine lot of dogs. Krilutt had been in the 



