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NATURAL HISTORY. 



abandoned. The voice of these dogs is peculiarly deep, and 

 may be heard at considerable distance. Not very long since, 

 a sheepstealer was detected by a bloodhound when every other 

 means had failed. The dog, on being shown the footsteps of 

 the thief, at once set off on the track, and dashed into a cottage, 

 where the unsuspecting robber was busily employed in skinning 

 the sheep which he had stolen. The height of this splendid 

 animal is about two feet four inches, and its colour a reddish 

 tan, becoming almost black along the back. 



THE FOXHOUND. 



The- FOXHOUND and BEAGLE are not very dissimilar in form 

 or habits. They both follow game by the scent, and are used 

 in hunting. The Foxhound, as its name implies, is used for 

 hunting the fox, and enters into the sport with extraordinary 

 eagerness. These dogs are trained with great care : whole 

 books have been written on their education, and men are 

 engaged at high salaries to train them to the sport. England 

 possesses the finest breed of foxhounds in the world, and 

 certainly no expense is spared to improve them, as one kennel 

 is said to have cost nearly twenty thousand pounds. The 

 height of the foxhound is about twenty-two inches. 



