Varieties of the Dog. 39 
This dog is sometimes confounded with the otter 
terrier. The otterhound is in all respects what the name 
implies, a dog comprising all the attributes of the hound, 
combined with acute scent, great endurance, strength, 
and remarkable iatelligence. He is not so large as the 
bloodhound, but greatly resembles him in symmetry, 
strength of limb, formation of the head, with long droop- 
ing ears, well-developed nostrils, and eyes deeply ‘set, 
over which the haw fully protrudes. Whatever may 
be his“true origin, one ‘thing is quite certain, the pure 
bred dog is always ready when wanted. Few can com- 
pare with his indomitable pluck, strength, solid wisdom 
and cunning, wonderful sight and scent. Unfortunately, 
however, many miserable attempts-have been made to 
improve his breed. He has been crossed with the otter 
terrier, and the issue is a breed far too small for the 
common requirements, besides ‘being impudent and 
tricky, lacking the nobility and grace of the true hound. 
In. order to overcome such an expert, strong, and cunning 
animal as the otter, he needs the highest endowment of 
sight, scent, and sound. The first enables him to mark 
the significant sign of the otter’s movement by the smallest 
ascending bubble; his nose will scent out the coldest 
trail, and he follows it with astonishing pertinacity, 
and his sense of hearing is so acute, that amid a very 
babel of voices, he is obedient to that’ of the huntsman 
alone. 
The Fox Terrier.—To class the fox terrier with the 
hounds may seem a misnomer, but as ‘he is kept specially 
for the purpose of being used ip their aid when a fox is 
to be bolted, he is certainly not out of place in this sub- 
section. 
In the early-part of the présent century, when hunt- 
ing the fox was considered of more interest thaw gal- 
loping after him, one or two terriers were added to the 
pack, and were not merely kept in readiness to bolt him 
from his earth when driven to ground by the hounds, but 
regularly drew each covert with them, and throughout the 
run followed the line as well as they could, being gene- 
rally in at the death before the breaking up was over. 
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