SC THE REASON WHY : 



" So flewcd, so sanded, and their heads are hung 

 With cars that sweep away the morning dew ; 

 Oook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd, like Thessalian bulls ; 

 Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells." SHAKSPERE. 



escape from single dogs. A good greyhound will reach a hare if 

 bhe runs straight ; but the moment he is about to strike at her she 

 turns short, and the dog, unable to stop himself, is thrown from 

 ten 'to twenty yards from her. When, however, pursued by a 

 couple of dogs, the hare has a more difficult game to play, as it 

 frequently happens that when she is turned by the leading dog 

 she cannot avoid the strokes of the second. 



264. JFTiy should beagles have large heads ? 



Because they depend almost 

 wholly upon scent for their 

 success in the hunt. A large 

 broad head is accompanied by 

 expanded nasal organs, contri- 

 buting to acute smelling ; while 

 the same form of head is 

 adapted for the reverberation 

 of the sound for which the 

 Deagle is remarkable. 



265. Why should sporting dogs generally be kept to their own * 

 game? 



Because by such restriction they become improved for their 

 special duty, having only one scent, and one style of hunting. 



266. Wliy have bloodhounds proved so efficacious in the pursuit 

 of fugitives ? 



Because special means have been carefully employed with the 

 horrible design of training these dogs to entertain an insatiable 

 thirst for human blood. 



267. Bloodhounds were formerly much employed in pursuing criminals escapovt 

 from justice, or in tracing out robbers or enemies, whose course was invariably 

 discovered, when ouce the bloodhound was placed upon their trail. In the border 



