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thief or otherwise, by scent, and either run him to 

 ground, as it were, or bring him to bay in such a 

 manner as to make his capture speedy. He does 

 this without biting or worrying his " human chase " 

 in the manner writers have often told us he was in 

 the habit of doing. 



The natural instinct of this hound is rather to 

 hunt man than beast. As a puppy he may put his 

 nose to the ground and fumble out the line of any 

 pedestrian who has just passed along the road. 

 Other dogs will, as a rule, commence by hunting 

 their master, the bloodhound finds his nose by 

 hunting a stranger. There are old records of his 

 being repeatedly used for the latter purpose, whether 

 the quarry to be found were a murderer or poacher, 

 or maybe only some poor gentleman or nobleman 

 whose politics or religion was not quite in conformity 

 with that of those bigots who happened to be placed 

 over him. 



Early in the seventeenth century, when the Moss- 

 troopers (but a polite name for Scottish robbers) 

 invested the border counties of Cumberland, North- 

 umberland, and Westmoreland, it was found that the 

 ordinary means of arrest and punishment were 

 insufficient to stop the raids of the thieves, so special 

 provision was made that should, if possible, put an 

 end to their depredations. The Scots were fleet of 



