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though in many hunting countries, where a good 

 gallop is considered more desirable than observing 

 hound work, the master or huntsman assists the 

 hounds, rather than allows them to assist them- 

 selves. 



The lovely voice the bloodhound possesses need 

 not be dilated upon by me, and moreover, he has a 

 power of transmitting that " melody " to his offspring 

 to an unusual extent. I fancy that our modern otter- 

 hound owes something of his melodious cry to some 

 not very remote crosses with the bloodhound; and if 

 I mistake not, Major Cowan has found his strain of 

 " Druids " useful in his well-known Braes o' Derwent 

 foxhounds. 



If asked to recommend a large dog as a com- 

 panion, I should certainly place the bloodhound 

 very high on the list, possibly on a level with the 

 St. Bernard, and only below the Scottish deerhound. 

 And in one respect he is better even than the latter; 

 he is not nearly so quarrelsome with other dogs. 

 Not very long ago, a bloodhound was running 

 about the busy streets of Brixton daily ; he never 

 snarled at a passing cur or terrier, and was the 

 favourite of every little boy and girl in the neigh- 

 bourhood. Had their parents known that the big 

 black and brown creature their children were petting 

 and stroking on the head was a bloodhound, the 



