8o HOUNDS 



fox-hound is little more than a spotted dog. 

 Little do these realise how every hound 

 has its own distinct individuality, and 

 how much careful attention, education, 

 and training each of them has received 

 before it v/as incorporated with the pack ; 

 and that the fox-hound — a wonder of 

 beauty and endurance, with the qualities 

 of nose, pace, and tongue exquisitely 

 developed — has been produced by the 

 labour and skill of Masters of Hounds and 

 huntsmen through more than two centuries. 

 Who can measure the work, the thought, 

 and the anxiety, that have given us the 

 modern fox-hound ? How often we remark, 

 "They're a good pack of hounds," but how 

 seldom do we think of the pains that have 

 been taken to make them a good pack ! 



