344 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



As this Dog possesses the advantage of a fine 

 scent, itjs often employed in killing Hares and 

 Rabbits in the night time. When taken to the 

 warren, it steals out with the utmost precaution, 

 watches and scents the Rabbits while they are 

 feeding, and darts upon them without barking or 

 making the least noise. One of them will singly 

 make incredible havoc in a short time; and is so 

 trained as to bring its booty to its master, who 

 waits in some convenient place to receive it.* 

 They are so destructive, and have been so often 

 employed in illicit practices, that they are now, 

 with great propriety, proscribed, and the breed is 

 almost extinct. 



Another Dog of this family, formerly in use, but 

 now only known to us by its name, is 



THE TUMBLER; 



WHICH was so called from its cunning manner of 

 taking Rabbits and other game. It did not run 

 directly at them, but, in a careless and inattentive 

 manner, tumbled itself about till it came within 

 reach of its prey, which it always seized by a 

 sudden spring. 



* We have seen a Dog and Bitch of this kind in the possession of 

 a man who had formerly used them for the purpose above described. 

 He declared, that he could at that time procure in an evening as 

 many Rabbits with them as he could carry home. 



