98 ON DACHSHUNDS 



for the fox to break. Secondly, he uses him 

 as we do beagles in Scotland, to drive roe 

 to the guns ; but this is not done every- 

 where, as harrying with dogs is apt to make 

 roe shift their quarters. Red and fallow deer 

 are also thus killed ; or wounded, when the 

 dachshund, on a line, is used to track the 

 stricken beast to his last lair. In wild boar 

 shooting, again, the dachshund is used in two 

 ways. If a single dog is used, the boar will 

 stand to bay, and the dog's bark directs the 

 sportsmen where to steal in and get a shot. 

 Two sportsmen approaching from opposite 

 sides have a still better chance. Or, if two 

 or three dachshunds are used, they will drive 

 a boar to the guns previously posted every 

 whit as well as larger dogs. To show that 

 the dachshund is looked upon only as a sport- 

 ing dog in Germany, it is only necessary to 



