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The Maryland hound like most
satisfactory things has been the result
of Evolution. The hound of to day in
this state is the only hound which can
sucessffully hunt the Maryland fox in his
chosen ground. The counties of Harford, Baltimore
Howard Montgomery & Carroll are preeminently
the natural home of the red fox. these counties
have a network of rivers cutting their
way to the sea through rocky bluffs
whose banks are densely covered with Ivy the outer timber
above the bluffs being often Heavy Falls
and a majority of the river country is still
heavy woodland. These rocky bluffs
abound in deep dens in which his foxship
is safe from hound or hunter. The Ivy Creeks
as they are called require a high wirey dog