CHAPTER II 



ELEMENTARY ANATOMY OF A HOUND 



" True knowledge comes from study, not by chance, 

 As those move easiest who have learned to dance." — Popr. 



Introductory. — Granting the truth of that oft-re- 

 peated axiom " that a Uttle knowledge is a dangerous 

 thing," it nevertheless is essential for all who wish to 

 acquire a sound knowledge appertaining to hounds 

 to digest the elements relating to the anatomical 

 construction of a hound, without the acquirement of 

 which an imperfect state of knowledge is bound to be 

 the result. So far as the anatomy of a hound is con- 

 cerned, this coincides, with certain modifications, to 

 the anatomy of any other dog, and for convenience 

 may be studied under three divisions, viz. : {a) The 

 structure of the skeleton or bony framework of 

 the animal; [h) its internal organs; and (c) 'the 

 muscular system. 



The terms osteology, i.e., the study of the bones, 

 and myology, i.e., the study of the muscles, are 

 generally used by anatomists as expressive of the 

 studies indicated, whilst a somewhat long term — 

 splanchnology — is applied to the study of the internal 

 organs. Dealing with these in the order named, I 



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