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to escape amongst the guardes of foote, which could not 

 recover their horses ; for troth, ever since, untill the prince's 

 dying day, he kept one of that dog's race ; so did many of 

 his friends and followers. The most or all of these dogs 

 were white little hounds, with crooked noses, called 

 camuses." 



Motley, in his " Rise of the Dutch Republic," quotes 

 Hoofd and Strada for this, and says : 



" But for the little dog's watchfulness, William of Orange, 

 upon whose shoulders the whole weight of his country's for- 

 tunes depended, would have been led within a week to an 

 ignominious death. To his dying day the Prince ever 

 afterwards kept a spaniel of the same race in his bed- 

 chamber. In the statues of the Prince a little dog is 

 frequently sculptured at his feet." 



- As time went on, the scenting powers of dogs were 

 utilized, and it is said that Christopher Columbus took blood- 

 hounds with him on his voyage of discovery, and found 

 them useful for scenting out ambushes prepared by the 

 Indians. f~ Tracking dogs were used by Essex in Ireland, 

 and also against the clansmen in Scotland, while they 

 were frequently employed on the Border after raiders. 

 These raiders assumed a very serious aspect in the life of 

 the inhabitants of the Border country between England 

 and Scotland, and, indeed, of the whole of the southern 

 part of Scotland. These wild outlaws organized them- 

 selves into more or less drilled bands, and descended on 

 the unfortunate dwellers of the fertile districts, seizing any- 

 thing of value they could lay their hands on, and driving 

 flocks and herds before them as they returned to their fast- 

 nesses. These strongholds were usually situated in the 

 midst of the bogs and moss-land, of which the Border 

 country was greatly composed. All the secret paths and 



