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what this cross was. The wire-haired Welsh 

 harrier may have had something to do with it, and 

 again it is quite hkely that the old hard-coated 

 Lancashire harrier may have been used for the 

 same purpose. It is possible, too, that the old 

 southern hound was crossed with the bloodhound, 

 while there are those who believe that the French 

 griffon had a share in the business. Thus we see 

 that the rough outer coat may have come from a 

 variety of sources, but the thick, woolly under coat 

 is no doubt a provision of nature to protect the 

 hound from the effects of frequent and long- 

 continued immersion in the water. This under 

 coat is worn by the Chesapeake Bay dog, a breed 

 of retriever much used by wildfowl shooters in 

 America. 



In the fourteenth century raches or running 

 hounds — known later simply as hounds — were of 

 various kinds. In the " Master of Game " it says : 

 " There be also many kinds of running hounds, 

 some small and some big, and the small be called 

 kenets, and these hounds run well to all manner 



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