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his master lay flat down with his head to the 

 mouth of the drain, shouting himself hoarse to 

 give the dog encouragement. From time to time 

 the man raised himself to call attention to his 

 terrier's gameness, but he Avas rather crestfallen 

 when the kennel terrier came up and speedily 

 made it so hot for the fox that out he came and 

 the hunt went on. The strange terrier had been 

 twenty minutes at work without success, but as 

 we rode off we heard a plaintive voice call after us, 

 " My dog would have done it had he had more 

 time." 



Not such was the work done by a wire-haired 

 named Dick, which came from Devonshire from 

 the old breeds of Mr Kussell and Mr Treby. This 

 dog was a clinker underground, and did some big 

 things while in the possession of Mr J. Sharp, who 

 loved driving after the hounds on a Saturday. Mr 

 Sharp used to take a couple of terriers with him, 

 and as he knew the country well round Marnhull, 

 he always contrived to be at hand when wanted, 

 although the district is noted for the number of 

 its drains. A daughter of Dick's named Dinah 

 is a very good one, and is a great water-dog ; but 

 she is not nearly so smartly marked as her sire, 

 as she has but one black-and-tan patch over the 

 eye, while Dick had two. 



A very pretty trio of hound-marked terriers were 

 Sparkle and his sisters Gipsy and Venus, all of 

 which were small and compact with very small 

 ears, and they were good workers, throwing their 



