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peculiarity of form was essential to their being sure 

 of getting up to their fox, viz., not too full in the 

 shoulder; and those whose colour was pure white, 

 and who were broken-haired, were generally most 

 esteemed by huntsmen. It has often been their 

 lot to lose their lives by scratching up the earth 

 behind them, and cutting off their means of retreat ; 

 and they were now and then killed by a fox, the 

 latter a rare occurrence. They were commonly 

 entered to a badger, whose bite is more dangerous 

 than that of a fox. 



Scotland is celebrated for its breed of terriers, 

 designable, in fact, as such ; and none were better 

 than those possessed by the immortal bard of that 

 country — who need not here be named — known as 

 the " pepper and mustard sort." 



