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the bloodhound more than the keener ring of the 

 foxhound. Prior to the outbreak of the Franco- 

 German war, Count de Canteleu sent a number of 

 French griffons to Scotland, where it is said 

 that they were dispersed throughout the country. 

 However, I have not been able to trace their blood 

 in any of our modern hounds. Still, these French 

 hounds would no doubt have been very useful for 

 that purpose. Some twenty-five years or so ago, 

 Mr. J. C. Carrick, of Carlisle, was desirous of 

 getting a fresh cross into his pack, and, with that 

 intention, obtained a hound — a southern hound it was 

 called — from the Western States of America. No 

 pedigree could be obtained, but it was a particularly 

 handsome animal, and more like the picture of the 

 southern hound in Youatt's book on the dog than 

 anything I ever saw. Mr. Carrick was afraid of the 

 fresh blood, so the Virginian importation did good 

 duty on the show bench in the variety classes instead 

 of impurifying a pedigree which was quite as free 

 from taint as that of any other variety of the dog. 



I forget who recommended a cross between a 

 bulldog, an Irish water spaniel, and a mastiff, as the 

 most likely way to produce otter hounds. Certainly 

 an ingenious idea, and worthy of the writer, who thus 

 easily got out of a difficulty which more practical 

 and learned men than he had failed to solve. We 



