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who lives near Senny Bridge, in the Usk Valley, some ten to 

 twelve miles west of Brecon, just ofif the main, road from Brecon 

 to the Swansea district. I have seen Mr Reea' hounds in 

 kennel, and his best, which have a strong family likeness, are 

 hare-pied in colour, very rough, and not more than twenty- 

 two inches. Their feet are spread, but they have plenty of 

 boue, and many of them are straight. Indeed, they are most 

 business-like to look at. They had run a fox to death 

 in half an hour without a check the day before I saw them, 

 and I have heaid great accounts of thedr working abilities. 



Concerning Welsh and English hounds and their chief 

 charactieri sties, not as regards formation, but from a. hunting 

 point of view, it may briefly be said thati as a broad rule 

 English hounds have more drive than Welsh, and are less 

 inclined to linger on a scent. Welsh hounds, on the other 

 hand, have more cry, a much deeper not©, and I am inclined 

 to think, more nose on a cold scent. That is as far as I can 

 go, and we must not forget that in a variety of English ooun- 

 triesi the modern foxhound is greatly handicapped by artificial 

 manures, by closely shorn stubbles, and most of all by over- 

 riding and the pushing of many somewhat, undisciplined fields. 

 This results in hounds being lifted and casti forward so often as 

 to make them appear lacking in nose, but my experience is 

 that if English hounds are left alone and allowed sufficient time 

 they will generally find the line of their fox. Unfortunately, 

 it is a far too frequent habit in many countries to give up a 

 hunted fox after a oast or two has failed, and go and look for 

 another, and this is in a great measure due to the fact that the 

 average English country is at the present, moment remarkably 

 well stocked with foxeis. Harriers and beagles have as good 

 noe.es as they had when I was a boy, but foxhounds often have 

 to hunt in somewhat unnatural fashion, being snatched up when 

 working for the line, and too frequently stopped when running 

 because certain coverts must not be disturbed and bo forth. 



Major Davies has introduced a good deal of " Fell " blood 

 from Cumberland and Westmorland into his pack, chiefly with 

 a view to obtainng the white or almost whit© which is so good 

 to see on the mountains, but he has many cross-bred Welsh 

 and English hounds, and two three-season brothers, Rouser 

 and Rattler, by the Glog Driller, have the deepest foxhound 



