THE HOUJSTD. 



ALL the different varieties of the hound, which finds 

 and follows his game by nose, seem to be derived origi- 

 nally from the old English bloodhound, sleuth hound, Tal- 

 bot or Southern hound, all of which were modifications of 

 one animal, the same as that described by Shakspeare in 

 those immortal lines of Midsummer Night's Dream, which, 

 familiar as household words to all lovers of poetry, deserve 

 to be as well known to all sportsmen, for the admirable 

 description they convey of the old English hound of the 

 Elizabethan era, undoubtedly the parent of all the modern 

 families from the stately staghound down to the minute 

 beagle. 



