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genealogy. Bang himself was a son of Hamlet out 

 of Vesta. These dogs in turn trace back to Juno. 

 Of other prominent pointers, whose names you 

 will come across in pedigrees contemporaneous 

 with Bang, are Beulah, dam of the great Beau- 

 fort; and Sensation, grandson of Hamlet. Beau- 

 fort is another Bang dog, being out of Beulah by 

 Bow, son of Bang, and Sensation is still another 

 of the same line, being descended from Hamlet, 

 father of Bang. 



Turning now to the hounds, we find back in 1646 

 beagles, harriers, greyhounds (the old badger 

 hound), brachs or coursing hounds like the Scot- 

 tish deerhound, and lyms, trackers like our mod- 

 ern bloodhounds and coonhounds. The painting 

 by David Teniers of that date shows how much the 

 game and fish caught by the lords' hunting estab- 

 lishment had to do with his meat supply. The 

 butcher in those days had little trade. The 

 noble's land, with its sea frontage and brooks full 

 of game fish, produced all the meat needed, and it 

 was conserved from year to year so that there 

 was a plentiful supply. The head falconer had 

 charge of all this work, and an important person- 

 age he was, too. The ancient appeal of this living 

 from the land's bounty in wild life, as well as on 

 its agricultural product, moved Teniers to make 



