154 Hounds 



The Cheriton 

 The Cheriton pack of Otter-hounds is composed of 

 twelve couples of Fox and Staghounds, and was estab- 

 lished about 1850 by Mr William Cheriton of Ellicombe, 

 North Devon, who originally hunted both hares and otters 

 with the pack, which hunts the rivers Teign, Little Dart, 

 Taw, Toridge, Bray, Creedy, Yeo, Mole and Dalch. The 

 waters are liable to sudden flood, and some of them 

 are rapid streams. If it is a good season, as many as 

 twenty otters will be killed. 



Bucks 



This pack consists of eighteen couples of pure Otter- 

 hounds, and hunts the following rivers: Stour, Ouse, 

 Welland, Ivel, Cherwell, Sowe, Bain, Awn, Anker, Blythe, 

 Lovatt, Nene, Granta, Evenlode, Wreake, Bowbrook, 

 Windrush and tributaries, in the counties of Bucks, 

 Beds, Hants, Warwick, Lincoln, Oxford, Rutland and 

 some adjacent counties. 



This is a subscription pack, and as the otters are fairly 

 numerous, good sport is afforded. 



CULMSTOCK 



The Culmstock pack consists of twenty couples of 

 mixed hounds, and hunts the rivers Tone, Otter, Axe, 

 Exex, Barle, Yeo, Yarty and tributaries. About thirty 

 otters are usually killed in the season. 



This is a subscription pack, and was established in 1837. 



West Cumberland 

 The West Cumberland Otter-hounds is a mixed pack, 

 consisting of twelve couples of cross-bred Foxhounds and 

 Otter-hounds, and two couples of pure Enghsh Fox- 

 hounds. It is a very old pack and situated in a typical 



