ON DACHSHUNDS 97 



the original breeds of dog. At all events, as 

 there stated, we find the dachshund in Baby- 

 lonian sculpture and Egyptian frescoes. In 

 Germany and German-speaking Austria, the 

 dachshund is the keeper s Ao<g par excellence, 

 and one seldom meets 'd.forster or waldhiiter 

 who has not one trotting at his heels. This 

 alone should prove him a sportsman's dog, 

 for a keeper is not a likely man to keep 

 cats that cannot catch mice. Well, what 

 does he use him for ? First and foremost, 

 he uses him for the destruction of vermin. 

 In autumn, when the badgers are fat, he 

 expects him to lie up in the badger's earth 

 till both are dug out. He also uses him to 

 bolt the fox, for which he waits with ready 

 gun outside the earth. Or he will slip a 

 couple of dachshunds into a small close 

 covert while he covers the most likely place 



