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Tyn y Cymmer, Treharris, Merthyr Old Court, and 

 the Pentyrch ; the latter are black and tans, and it 

 is said they originally came from the Gelly. When 

 living in Glamorganshire the present master of the 

 Pembroke and Carmarthen Otter Hounds hunted 

 them for both fox and hare. The last named pack 

 possess two wonderful Welsh hounds of the Lan- 

 harran strain, Langer, and Gaylass. They are 

 lemon and white in colour, and have hard coats, 

 good voices, and no day is too long for them. They 

 were originally purchased from the Llangibby Otter 

 Hounds. 



At the present time there is a certain demand 

 for these Welsh wire-haired, hard-coated hounds ; 

 for, however opinions may differ as to their 

 qualifications when placed alongside the modern 

 foxhound, there do not appear to be two opinions 

 as to their suitability for otter hunting. Masters 

 of hounds fortunate enough to possess a couple 

 or so, speak of them most eulogistically, especially 

 so far as their hard, crisp, water-resisting coats 

 are concerned ; arguing that a coat of this character 

 is more readily dried than the rougher one of the 

 true otter hound ; moreover, it is not so much in 

 the way when swimming, and their constitutions 

 are good. I do not think there is anywhere in the 

 Principality or elsewhere an entire pack of the 



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