'HO FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



strong and filthy effluvium emanates from carrion 

 or other oifal which the hound has picked up, 

 rolled on, or eaten in his way to cover, that in 

 no way impedes his power of running what seems 

 to man to be a foot that leaves not a trace in 

 the air. Now we find that in the case of man 

 (there is reason to be thankful for it in some 

 instances) man can overpower one smell by the 

 artificial introduction of another. One "" smell '' 

 can be overpowered by another, and delicious 

 perfume and fetid malaria may be made to take 

 turn about in overpowering succession. But not 

 all the fetid smells nor carrion effluvia of any 

 kind, though on the hound's nose, skin, as well 

 as in his stomach, and pervading his breath and 

 lips, can in any degree lessen his olfactory power 

 of detecting and being carried on by the ^' scent," 

 as we call it, left by the fox, the deer, or hare, 

 or rabbit. 



It is, as to scent, the same thing as regards 

 the setter, pointer, spaniel, and retriever, in 

 reference to the ^'foot" of Avinged, that is, 

 l)roken-winged and running game. The most 

 horrible effluvium that man can, to his disgust^ 

 detect as arising from carrion on his hounds or 



