86 HUNTING DOGS. 



this is not the case at all. The reason is that 

 they will chase a deer or fox for three or four 

 hours or more and when they have watered the 

 deer or holed their fox, will then start to ramble 

 around and start after another and after water- 

 ing their second deer, they will be so far away 

 that they are unable to find their way back, and 

 they will walk until they can go no more. They 

 will then lie down for a long time and walk 

 around and howl until they find somebody's 

 trail, which they will follovr to the end or until 

 they land at a settler's house or at some shanty 

 and will remain there. 



Now how many dogs like these will a party 

 of ten or twelve men require to hunt, during ten 

 or fifteen days in a strange country? When a 

 hound has been away three or four days, is he 

 in condition to run the next day after his re- 

 turn? Xo, it will take him as many days to 

 recover and often he will be of no use for the 

 remainder of the hunt. 



Dogs like these may suit men living in the 

 country where there is game. Their dogs after 

 haying been lost several times Avill, through time, 

 know the lay of the country and be fairly good 

 dogs at home, but take these hounds in a strange 

 country, of wliat use and how many will a hunt- 

 ing party require to hunt every day of their out- 

 ing? Well, they will require a car-load and be- 



