THE CUBAN BLOODHOUND. :i7 



keepers, nil.! tore piece,; out ot them. Their impetuosity was so great, that they were willi dillirulty 

 stopped before they reached the general, who fouuil it, necessary to hurry int.o tin 1 ehai-.e IVoni wliic-li he 

 liiul alighted ; and, had not, the- most strenuous exertions been made, the hound- would ha\ e sei/ed on 

 tin- horses. This terrific expedition produced the intended etl'eet ; the Maroons ;it one,- ra|,it nlated, mill 

 were subsequently sent to Halifax, in North Aniei -iea. 



Taylor says, in his "Visit to Cuba:" " While hero, two most, formidable additions were made 

 to the residents of the place a new overseer from Mat,aii/.as and his do;;. 1 need not say of what breed 

 was the latter, and the former was, I think, the most active man and the l>e.st horseman I could ever 

 have believed to exist. I was the cause, on one occasion, of both these visitors' powers being called 

 upon, though innocently. Sitting, in the evening, in the front verandah, I looked up, momentarily, 

 from my book, and my eye rested on a favourite clump of palms, a long way off, which 1 had many a 

 time admired. At that instant, the tallest of these suddenly disappeared. 



"Struck by such a strange circumstance, I called to the overseer, who was quietly walking his 

 horse up the avenue, and told him. Quick as lightning, without giving an answer, he struck his spurs 

 into the flanks of his horse, and, quicker than I can write it, was on the spot. A noble palm of eighty 





CL'BAS HOUNDS. 



feet lay indeed, prostrate, cut through with an axe, and already minns its glory, its crown havmg 1 n 



cut off for the sake of the cabbage. In vain, however, did he look for the culprit and shont ; 

 than two minutes after, behold him back ! ' White or black, I have him now !' shouted he, a.- 

 the do- scampered off again. One sniff at the tree was enough for the bloodhound, i 

 minutes more, the negro (for it was one belonging to the estate) was in custody, unuyur 

 for his master was close on his track. He was punished, but not, I believe, very severely. 



THE rOIXTEft.* 



Tins do-, in its general aspect, character, and colours, belongs more nearly to the race of hounds than 

 any Oth Of the shooting or gun dogs. His name having Spanishnsually pre.ixed to it, atWd> reason tor 

 believing that the race was of Peninsular origin. But, as the primitive breed mns, still be presumed 

 to come from the East, it may be inferred that Western Europe, including l!nt,.iu, o' 



Canis avicularis. 



