102 THE HOUND. 



ing. One foot is usually somewhat raised from 

 the ground, and his tail is extended in a straight 

 line. If the birds run, he discovers it, and steals 

 cautiously after them, keeping still the same atti- 

 tude ; and when they stop he is again steady. A 

 Dog and a bitch belonging to Colonel Thornton, 

 it is well known, were so staunch, that they kept 

 their point during the whole time that a sketch 

 was making of them : upwards of an hour and a 

 quarter. 



THE HOUND*. 



German Hound. Fox-hound. Harrier. Beagle. 



THE Harrier and the Fox-hound may be con- 

 sidered to rank under the same head. Each has its 

 name from its peculiar employment : the former, 

 from being used in hunting the Hare; and the 

 latter, which is larger, more strong, and fleet, from 

 hunting the Fox. 



There are several kinds of Harriers 3 each of 

 which is said to have its excellence, according, 

 perhaps, to the country in which it is employed ; 



Canis familiaris Sagax. Linnceus. Le Cliien courant. Buffbn. 

 See the Synopsis, p. 18, No. 9, VAR. 6. 



or, 



