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OUR VILLAGE HOUNDS.

Quiet life--Leisure hours--A winter pastime--A miscellaneous pack--The bobtail, and his fight with an otter--The terrier, and his friendship with fishermen--A family party--Expert diving--Hunt membership, and the landlord as huntsman--Fast and furious fun--A rival Hunt--The bobtail's death--The terrier's eccentricities--A pleasant study begins--Brown rats--Yellow ants--Brighteye's peculiarities--Evening sport 51-67