The horse and the hound - their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing (1842) (14759680546)

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Title: The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing

Year: 1842 (1840s)

Authors: Nimrod, 1778-1843

Subjects: Horses Hounds Horsemanship

Publisher: Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black

Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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strongand wet countries, as well as through the thickestcovers, and so often making their appearance atthe end of them. At all events, if left behind,they were sure to find their way home in the courseof the night, whatever the distance might be. One o66 THE HOUXD. peculiarity of form was essential to their being sureof getting up to their fox, viz., not too full in theshoulder; and those whose colour was pure white,and who were broken-haired, were generally mostesteemed by huntsmen. It has often been theirlot to lose their lives by scratching up the earthbehind them, and cutting off their means of retreat;and they were now and then killed by a fox, thelatter a rare occurrence. They were commonlyentered to a badger, whose bite is more dangerousthan that of a fox. Scotland is celebrated for its breed of terriers,designable, in fact, as such ; and none were betterthan those possessed by the immortal bard of thatcountry—who need not here be named—known asthe pepper and mustard sort.

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