42 PRINCIPLES OF STOCK-BREEDING. 



attack, whereas a dog of another breed starts forward 

 at once, is surrounded by the peccaries, and, whatever 

 may be his strength, is destroyed in a moment." l 



" A race of dogs employed for hunting deer in the 

 platform of Santa Fe, in Mexico, is distinguished by 

 the peculiar mode in which they attack their game. 

 This consists in seizing the animal by the belly and 

 overturning it by a sudden effort, taking advantage 

 of the moment when the body of the deer rests only 

 upon the forelegs, the weight of the animal thus 

 thrown being often six times that of its antagonist. 

 Now, the dog of pure breed inherits a disposition to 

 this kind of chase, and never attacks a deer from 

 before while running ; and even should the deer, 

 not perceiving him, come directly upon him, the dog 

 steps aside, and makes his assault upon the flank. On 

 the other hand, European dogs, though of superior 

 strength and general sagacity, are destitute of this 

 instinct, and, for want of similar precautions, they 

 are often killed by the deer on the spot, the cervical 

 vertebrae being dislocated by the violence of the 

 shock." 1 



Mr. Lewes " had a puppy taken from its mother 

 at six weeks old, who, although never taught to ' beg 

 (an accomplishment his mother had been taught), 

 spontaneously took to begging for everything he 

 wanted, when about seven or eight months old ; he 

 would beg for food, beg to be let out of the room, 

 and one day was found opposite a rabbit-hutch, 



1 " Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology," vol. iv., p. 1303 ; Can 

 pcnter's " Comparative Physiology," p. 627. 



* " Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology," vol. iv., p. 1303. 



