THE BLOODHOUKD. 



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Fig. 7. — ^HEAD OF BLOODHOUND. 



THE BLOODHOUND. 



The name given to this hound is founded upon his peculiar 

 power of scenting the blood of a wounded animal, so that, if once 

 put on his trail, he could hunt him tlirough any number of his 

 fellows, and would thus single out a wounded deer from a large 



