88 Modern Dogs, 



^' I have a perfect knowledge of the foxhound, and 

 I am also fairly well informed as to the packs where 

 the best blood is to be found. There are also 

 plenty of packs of otter hounds infused with the 

 blood of my old Griffons crossed with other breeds. 

 I supplied a number of hounds to the otter hound 

 pack belonging to Mr. Waldron S. Hill, Murray- 

 field House, near Edinburgh, from whence a good 

 many of my hounds were scattered over England for 

 otter hunting, to Wales amongst other places. 

 Moreover, during the war of 1870 I sold Mr. 

 Waldron S. Hill seven or eight hounds, the result 

 of a cross with the wolf. I think, I remember, he 

 told me he sold them to go to North America for 

 cariboo hunting. 



'' I have a high opinion of the strength, endurance, 

 and stamina of the foxliound. Bat then why does 

 he last so short a time ? When seven or eight 

 years old he is completely used up, whereas the 

 French hounds of former days (my own Griffons for 

 instance) would last eleven or twelve years. The 

 best quality of the foxhound, apart from his health, 

 is his determination to capture the quarry and to 

 burst him at the finish of a run. Unfortunately he 

 cannot keep up the pace in our forests, which are so 

 full of thick thorns, and he is apt to lose the line of an 

 animal emitting a very slight scent; then, not having 



