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were originally used for boar or deer hunting, but are now more often employed as 

 watch-dogs. There is considerable variation in these dogs, and it is difficult to 

 determine which is the true breed. Stonehenge regards the boarhound and the 

 great Dane as in all respects identical, but Brehm considers them distinct, and is of 

 opinion that while the German boarhound is a pure-bred animal, the great Dane is a 

 cross between the bull-dog and the greyhound. The great Dane, according to 



GERMAN BOARHOUND. 



(One-twelfth natural size.) 



Brehm's description, is a magnificently-proportioned animal, with slender limbs 

 rather pointed muzzle, slender tail, and large full eyes. It is generally either yel- 

 low and black, or yellow in color, and even in its native country it is a compara- 

 tively rare breed. The ears are always cropped, and thus lose their pendent tips 

 It was formerly used in deer hunting. The boarhound is a shorter-haired and 

 T-muzzled dog, with a proportionately shorter and thinner tail The color 



