690 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



To illustrate the services of this faithful animal, we shall 

 quote the reflections and remarks of Mr. Burchell, given in 

 his " Travels in Africa." 



" Our pack of dogs," says he, " consisted of about five 

 and twenty, of various sorts and sizes. This variety, though 

 not altogether intentional, as I was obliged to take any that 

 could be procured, was of the greatest service on such an expe- 

 dition, as I observed that some gave notice of service in one 

 way, and some in another. Some were more disposed to watch 

 against men, and others against wild beasts ; some disco- 

 vered an enemy by their quickness of hearing, others by that 

 of scent ; some were useful for speed in pursuing game ; 

 some for their vigilance and barking ; and others for their 

 courage in holding ferocious animals at bay. So large a 

 pack was not, indeed, maintained without adding greatly to 

 our care and trouble, in supplying them with meat and 

 water, for it was sometimes difficult to procure them enough 

 of the latter ; but their services were invaluable, often con- 

 tributing to our safety, and always to our ease, by their con- 

 stant vigilance ; as we felt a confidence that no danger could 

 approach us at night, without being announced by their 

 barking. No circumstance could render the value and fide- 

 lity of these animals so conspicuous and sensible as a journey 

 through regions which, abounding in wild beasts of almost 

 every class, gave continual opportunities of witnessing the 

 strong contrast in their habits, between the ferocious beasts 

 of prey, which fly at the approach of man, and those kind, 

 but too often injured companions of the human race. Many 

 times, when we have been travelling over plains where those 

 have fled the moment we appeared in sight, have I turned my 

 eyes towards my dogs to admire their attachment, and have 

 felt a grateful afl'ection towards them for preferring our so- 

 ciety to the wild liberty of other quadrupeds. Often, in the 



