12 NEIGHBORS WITH CLA WS AND HOOFS. 



7. The greyhound, the fleetest of foot among all dogs, 

 was a great favorite among the ancient Greeks. His grace- 

 ful form was in harmony with their refined sentiment of 

 beauty, and his disposition gave him a place in the house- 

 hold and at the family table. He follows his game by 

 sight, though he is not wanting in a delicate sense of 

 smell. The stag or deer hound is the largest and rough- 

 est of the hound species. Both his scent and hearing are 

 remarkably acute. Sir Walter Scott held his stag-hound 

 Maida with a fond regard. He was a fine specimen of 

 the breed, and as a consequence was often required to 

 stand for his portrait. This was a keen annoyance, and, 

 the moment he saw a pencil and paper produced, he ex- 

 hibited intense displeasure. 



8. The blood-hound is an affectionate friend and a ter- 

 rible enemy. Robert Bruce, the hero King of Scotland, 

 cherished his blood -hound with strong affection, and the 

 animal was never happy out of his presence. But Bruce 

 himself was followed by merciless blood-hounds, and on 

 one occasion only escaped death from their blood-thirsty 

 jaws by wading up a brook and so disappointing their 

 scent. Sir William Wallace was saved from a similar 

 death by killing a tired fugitive who accompanied his 

 band. When his English pursuers came upon the dead 

 body, their hounds refused to go farther, the smell of blood 

 overpowering the scent of human tracks. 



9. Here is what John Burroughs says of the hound : 

 " The hound is a most interesting dog. How solemn and 

 long-visaged he is ! How peaceful and well disposed ! 

 He is the Quaker among dogs. All the viciousness and 

 currishness seem to have been weeded out of him ; he sel- 

 dom quarrels, or fights or plays like other dogs. Two 

 strange hounds meeting for the first time behave as civilly 

 toward each other as two men. I know a hound that has 



