STAGIIOUInD. 



Closely allied with the bloodhoimd is the now rare Staghound, a Dog 

 which is supposed to derive its origin from the bloodhound and the greyhound, 

 the latter animal being empbyed in order to add lightness and speed to the 

 exquisite scent and powerM limbs of the former. Sometimes the foxhound is 

 used to cross with this animal. 



It is a large and powerful Dog, possessed of very great capabilities of 

 scent, and able, like the bloodhound, to hold to the trail on which it is laid, 

 and to distinguish it among the footprints of a croAvd. Despite of the infusion 

 of greyhound Ijlood, the Staghound is hardly so swift an animal as might be 



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