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Mr. Adcock's " Satan " measures 3 2 inches at the shoulder, and 

 such is, I believe, the typical height ; the dog being required to 

 hold the most powerful boar, when he has pinned him, with the 

 aid of one or two of his fellows ; and when the strength of the 



The Boarhound. 



quarry is known, it is manifest that fully these dimensions are 

 required. The following is Eichardson's description of the boar- 

 hound, and he is certainly the most reliable English authority 

 on this dog up to his time (1845) : — 



" This is, I think, the largest clog in existence, and it is likewise decidedly 

 the most serviceable as a destroyer of the wolf and the boar. In this country 

 he is but seldom seen in a state of purity ; and is, in any case, seldom recog- 



