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DOMESTICATED HUNTING-DOGS. 



THE BOARHOUND, OR GREAT DANE. 



This dog has so frequently been represented on canvas that 

 it would be idle to refuse a description of it, in a work professing 







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The Boarhound. 



to treat of the dog in all his varieties. Nevertheless, he does 

 not appear to be a distinct breed, but rather a compound of the 

 greyhound, the mastiff, and the terrier. The first element being 

 required for speed, the second for strength and courage, and the 



