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betwixt the Southern Hound and the North- 

 ern Beagle. It is true, the finefl: and moil 

 curious fport is generally with the former. 

 Whether it be the particular formation of 

 their long trunks, or the extraordinary 

 moifture that alv/ays cleaves to the nofes 

 and lips of thefe fort of Dogs, I need not 

 enquire in this place, but certain it is that 

 thev are endued with the moil accurate fenfc 

 of fmelling, and can often take and diilin- 

 guilh the fcent an hour after the lighter 

 Beagles can make nothing of it. Their 

 flownefs alfo better difpofes them to receive 

 the commands and dirediions of the Huntf- 

 man, and their much phlegm, (for there 

 feems to be a difference in the coniliitutions 

 of other animals as well as man,) I fay, 

 their phlegm gives them patience to pro- 

 ceed with caution and regularity, to make 

 fure of every ilep as they go, carefully to 

 defcribe every indenture, to unravel each 

 puzzling trick or figure. But thefe grave 

 fort of Dogs are however fitteft for mafiers 

 of the fame temper : as they are able to hunt 

 in cold fcent, they are too apt to make it 

 fo, by their want of fpeed and vigour to pufh 



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