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dog ; she measures 20 inches in height at the 

 shoulders, is 54lb. in weight, and is likewise an old 

 hound without pedigree. Mr. Wynn bought her with 

 a similar hound in Ireland, whither she had been sent 

 from Glamorganshire ; her kennel companion was 

 killed in the kennels at Rug. Lively is an excellent 

 hound in work, and as a brood bitch has proved 

 most successful. Unfortunately, she has always 

 been mated with a smooth-coated English harrier, 

 the puppies being very often all wire coated, some of 

 them possessing more coat than their dam, who is 

 a pretty bitch, with considerable character about her. 



These hounds are excellent types of their family, 

 and Mr. Wardle's drawing conveys better than words 

 can, what an old-fashioned, wire-haired, Welsh 

 hound is like. Mr. Buckley says he finds his couple 

 or so *' useful for otter hunting, as they take the 

 water well, and do not seem to feel the cold so much 

 as otter hounds, because their coats dry sooner than 

 the longer ones of the latter when coming out of the 

 water. They show extreme delicacy of nose in 

 picking up and working out a cold drag ; but their 

 voices are very poor and their note quite common- 

 place as compared with the melodious otter hound." 



The Hon. H. C. Wynn speaks in similarly 

 eulogistic terms of the Welsh breed, and of his good 

 bitch Lively in particular. She has produced him 



