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clown to individual taste, but the points of view of representative 



sportsmen are nevertheless of great interest. The Duke of Frias 



strikes the true note of this distinction in his reflections on the 



inclusion of eagles, vultures and flamingoes in his Spanish game list, 



Amono- the more detailed and interestine notes relatino- to doos 



are those of M. Caillard on the famous Virelade pack, the property 



of the Baron de Carayon La Tour, bred from the ancient 



Saintonge and Gascony stock ; those of Count de Continental 



Sporting' 

 Arnoso on the Portugese pure-bred podengos, belong- Dog:s 



ing to Senor Jacintho Paes Falcao ; and those of 



Dr. Pitard on the distinctive harriers of the different Swiss cantons. 



Besides these longer accounts, however, something is said by the 



contributors on the Scandinavian elk-dogs, virtually the Arctic dogs 



of the Lapps ; the Spanish sabuesos, like our foxhounds, and a/anos, 



a mastiff type; and the massive bracco, beagle-like segtc^io, and shaggy 



spinone of Italy. The indebtedness of the dog breeders in different 



parts of the Continent to drafts from English packs, as well as the 



laws affectino- the introduction of doo-s into various countries, are 



also topics of interest. 



The probable result of any search for peculiar methods of the 



chase unknown in this country will be a sensation of disappointment 



that the methods in vogue should approximate so closely 



Characteristic 

 to our own. As, however, contributors were expressly Methods of 



invited to make a feature of particulars of such local Shooting and 



II 11111 Fishing, 



practices, 1 have no doubt that they have given 



attention to this view of their subject. And the result, though less 



than some readers might hope, is not without interest. Anglers 



