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larly those of the smaller type — are very active, 

 and have plenty of driy^e, while they are often 

 capital markers, and can hold and kill an otter 

 quite as quickly as any EngHsh foxhound. 



Another type of hound admirably suited to 

 otter-hunting is the fell foxhound of Cumber- 

 land and Westmorland. He is for the most 

 part a light-built, active sort, with a capital nose, 

 and any amount of tongue. In the Lakes and 

 certain districts adjoining, fell-hounds often hunt 

 fox in winter and otter in summer. The fell- 

 hounds are kennelled in the fox-hunting season, 

 but go out to walk in summer, and generally a 

 few couples are lent to the local otterhounds for 

 the chase of Lutra. In our experience fell- 

 hounds enter quickly to otter, and on our rough 

 and rocky northern rivers they are very hard to 

 beat as all round performers. Many of them 

 are capital markers, and they will hunt a drag, 

 and kill an otter with the best. 



Turning to the " Otter-hunting Diary " of the 



late Mr James Lomax, of Clayton Hall, who 



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