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will not go if there is nothing to go for, that 

 will not quit the pursuit as long as there is 

 game ahead — who, regardless of noise above 

 and the onslaught of the enemy underground, 

 in spite of twisting passages and the inter- 

 position of barricades, continues the attack, 

 and never ceases from orivinsf tono^ue when 

 in proximity to the foe. Such a terrier 

 should not close unless he is charged, and he 

 must not be of so excitable a temperament 

 that he will bay an imaginary foe, or attack 

 another dog despatched underground to his 

 relief. I am not sure whether a good Dachs- 

 hund [Dachs — German for badger) is not as 

 useful as any other. The properly trained 

 sort is only "made in Germany," and on the 

 Continent he is most intelligent and com- 

 panionable, enormously strong, very pertina- 



