British Dogs at Work 



long in this country to claim notice in a 

 work devoted to British dogs. He is a 

 grand little fellow, with the noblest of heads 

 and the best of noses, while his note is as 

 musical as a rich-toned bell. He is not fast, 

 his formation preventing speed, but if you 

 take more pleasure in hound work than in 

 the number of kills recorded at the end of a 

 season, you will have no cause to regret the 

 possession of a pack of bassets. I have 

 heard of a couple in Natal bustling the 

 smaller buck out of the dense bush, doing 

 the work more satisfactorily than any other 

 breed of hound, and lasting through the 

 longest day. Quite a number of packs are 

 now hunted regularly in Great Britain. 



Twenty packs of otterhounds hunt in 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland during the 

 summer months, and usually attract big 

 fields. Although a made breed, the otter- 

 hound has been long enough in existence to 

 come true to type, and a very handsome 

 hound he is. Few packs, however, are com- 



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