CHAPTER IV. 



THE HARRIER. 



Unless some very considerable change takes place, 

 it is extremely likely that the harrier will not survive 

 very many generations, at any rate in this country. 

 His type has not been strictly defined for years, he 

 has varied much in height, and has lately been 

 crossed with the foxhound to such an extent as to 

 further endanger his extinction. Moreover, several 

 packs of harriers have recently taken to deer and 

 stag hunting, and thus are still further losing their 

 identity. 



Years ago much hare hunting was done on foot, 

 and hounds were bred for this purpose, to find 

 their own hare by questing and hunting her through 

 all her windings and ringings, with a care that the 

 modern foxhound-harrier, with his dash and go, 

 would not take pains to bestow. The latter is 

 almost as fast and keen as the true foxhound ; 

 he has, like him, to be fleet enough to get out 



