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vailing type of hound to be found in most of 

 the packs of this district is again of quite a different 

 character. 



What we may call the Devonshire harrier is no 

 doubt a very old breed of hound, and has probably 

 been used in the West of England for so long that it 

 would be of little use to inquire into its origin. A long 

 narrow head is a point about these hounds, which 

 are generally rather light of bone and substance, and 

 also in colour. This latter point is to be explained 

 in a very practical way. The West of England is not 

 a country where it is possible, as a rule, for horsemen 

 to keep continuously with hounds for long at a time, 

 and it is a considerable advantage to have a pack of 

 a lightish colour, as they can be more easily seen from 

 a distance. These hounds do their work in a par- 

 ticularly quick and lively style, which can be noted 

 to great advantage by those who are fortunate enough 

 to have a day on the slopes of Exmoor with the Quarme 

 Harriers, of which Mr. Chorley has been master for 

 many years. This pack and that of Sir John Amory 

 are two of the best-known and most carefully bred to 

 type of the existing packs of their breed, and though 

 on the flags they may not exactly satisfy the fastidious 

 modern hound critic in the matter of legs and feet, 

 it will probably be long before the Devonshire hare- 



