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fact, it is this which attaches them so closely to 

 their being, and renders them so attentive to 

 cleanse, ornament, and take care of themselves, as 

 we every day see they do ; and to preserve, in all 

 its lustre, the enamel which nature has given them. 

 And we may go even one step farther than this. 

 An accurate observer of animals will perceive, that 

 they are not only conscious of their own beauty, 

 but are capable of beholding and admiring it in 

 others. This is undoubtedly the case with regard 

 to both sexes of the same species : never are they 

 so attentive to display the graces which nature has 

 bestowed upon them, never are they so ostenta- 

 tious, as when they are together, which is evident 

 from their gambols and frolics ; and, if we may 

 judge of them from our own feelings, how greatly 

 must this disposition contribute to their mutual 

 felicity. 



In no animal is variety of colours more conspi- 

 cuous than in hounds ; and it adds greatly to their 

 appearance when we see them in a body in the 

 kennel, but still more so in the field. Those of 

 the fox-hound are, — tan (not common) ; black 

 (not common) ; black and white and tan (the most 

 common) ; milk-white (not common) ; red (very 

 rare) ; blue (the same.) Next come the blended, 

 or mixed colours, known in the kennel as " pies.'' 

 There is the red pie ; the blue pie ; the yellow pie ; 

 the grey pie ; the lemon pie (very handsome) ; the 

 hare pie ; and the badger pie, which last is very 

 characteristic of the fox-hound. The fox-hound is 

 sometimes ticked — that is, his coat is dotted with 



