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... shaggy , and lean , and shrewd , with pointed ears , and tail cropped short , half lurcher and half cur , wide scampering , snatches up the drifted snow with ivory teeth , or ploughs it with his snout , then shakes his powdered coat and ...
... shaggy , and lean , and shrewd , with pointed ears , and tail cropped short , half lurcher and half cur , wide scampering , snatches up the drifted snow with ivory teeth , or ploughs it with his snout , then shakes his powdered coat and ...
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