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not, as a rule, so free with his tongue as either the 

 basset hound or beagle, but, of course, there are 

 exceptions to this. One old hound, Mr. Harry 

 Jones's Dina, was particularly musical in this respect, 

 and her voice, in addition to being loud, was beauti- 

 fully deep and mellow. Her daughter, Juliet, though 

 equally free, had a much less pleasing note. 



There is no doubt that where dachshunds have 

 been entered to work with terriers and used for 

 the duties usually ascribed to a terrier, they are 

 inclined to hunt with less music than if used 

 as a pack or worked in connection with basset- 

 hounds. Indeed, this is pretty much the case with 

 all hounds, and I have known a foxhound hunt pretty 

 nearly mute when alone, but in company with his 

 pack be as free with his tongue as any other hound. 



An instance occurs to me, that of Rally, a favourite 

 otter hound bitch with the late Kendal pack. Bred 

 by Mr. Coulter, one of the good old school of 

 sportsmen, she had been entered almost single- 

 handed, and for a time, even on the strongest line, 

 ran quite mute. After a season or two with the 

 pack, she came to throw her tongue with the best of 

 its members, and proved a most reliable and careful 

 hound. 



