DOMESTIC DOGS 



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Turnspit 



ever, generally successful in the end ; and there is no prettier sight for the lovers of 

 sport than to watch a well-trained pack of beagles at work. 



With the cessation of its monotonous occupation has been brought 

 to pass the practical extinction of the old English turnspit. These 

 dogs were long-bodied, short-limbed animals, with the fore-feet everted, and were 

 closely allied to the dachshund ; but differed in being relatively taller, with a longer 

 head, longer no<^, straighter forehead, less bent fore-limbs, and a longer and thinner 

 tail ; the ears being small and placed relatively far back. In color, the turnspit was 

 generally black and tan. These dogs performed their task in a kind of wire bar- 

 rel, somewhat like that in a squirrel cage ; and in England two of them were gen- 

 erally kept, which worked turn and turn. 



Dachshund 



THE BEAGLE. 

 (One-third natural size.) 



Under the title of dachshund, or badger-dog, the Germans include 

 two distinct strains of long-bodied dogs with short and crooked legs, 

 one of which presents these characteristics in a less marked degree than the other, 

 and has also relatively larger ears. The breed figured in our illustration has a long 

 cylinder-like body, supported on short and bent legs, the head and muzzle large, the 

 drooping ears also large, the paws of great size and furnished with sharp claws, and 

 the coat short and smooth. The fore-feet are markedly turned outward, and the 

 hind-feet have large dewclaws ; while the tail is thick at the root, from which it 

 rapidly tapers to the end, without any fringe. The color varies, but is generally 

 black and tan, although not unfrequently either tan or yellowish, and sometimes 

 ;gray or parti-colored. The second variety has a still longer body, and shorter and 



