Fox- Hunting in New England. 



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saying, " that a good horse can- 

 not be of a bad color " ; and the 

 color of a hound is more a matter 

 of fancy than of excellence. A 

 loud and melodious voice is a 

 most desirable quality, and this 

 many of our native fox-dogs pos- 

 sess in perfection. A hound with 

 a weak voice is a constant worry, 

 and one with a discordant voice 

 vexes the ear. When the game is 



started the dog should 

 tongue, so that you 

 may always know just 

 wrinkled brows and 



TIIK DOG S DKKAM. 



continually give 

 (and the fox as well) 

 where he is. The 

 foreheads, and long 



pendent ears and flews of many of these dogs, give them an ex- 

 tremely sad and troubled expression. Perhaps (who knows?) this 

 solemn cast of visage comes of much pondering on the knavish 

 tricks of the wily fox, and of schemes for circumventing his many 

 artifices. Their tails are not at all inclined to be bushy, like those 

 of the English fox-hounds of the present day, but are almost as 

 slender and clean as the tail of the pointer. 

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