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clogs, from the back of liis hunter or shooting- 

 pony, has no effect on the power of hound's or 

 pointer's, spaniel's or retriever's, nose, in their 

 keen and beautiful and curious detection of the 

 foot of running game. 



Now, then, comes the query. From what source 

 does that which the sportsman calls '^ scent '' 

 arise ? 



Is it from the foot, or the body, or the breath 

 of the creature that is hunted ? On this point I 

 am at considerable loss to divine. ^^ Perspiration " 

 from the pores of fox, deer, or hare, and from 

 birds, there is no)ie. If in regard to the fox or 

 deer, the perspiration comes from the mouth, as 

 it does from the hound or dog. As to birds, I 

 never could discover any discharge of perspiration, 

 not even in the at times prolonged battle between 

 two game-cocks. Distress and long exertion induce 

 panting ; but from the beak there is no percep- 

 tible discharge, such as there is from the mouth 

 of hound or dog, and from all ruminating animals 

 as welL 



The three creatures that have the strongest scent 

 for hounds are the red deer, the otter, the badger, 

 the martin cat, and the fallow deer. I name them 



