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THE SMALL WATER-SPANIEL. 



But with a chirrup clear and strong, 



Dispersing all his dream, 

 I thence withdrew, and followed long 



The windings of the stream. 



My ramble finished, I returned ; 



Beau tottering far before, 

 The floating wreath again discerned, 



And plunging left the shore. 



I saw him with that lily cropped 



Impatient swim to meet 

 My quick approach, and soon he dropped 



The treasure at my feet." 



THE BLOOD-HOUND. (Canis sanguinarius, Ray.) 

 Sleut-Hound. 



This breed of dogs is very scarce, at least in its pure unmixed 

 state. Mr. Swainson, in Murray's Encyclopedia of Geography, 

 has stated that the blood-hound is now extinct in Great Britain ; 

 but the Duke of Marlborough and some other persons have 

 retained the breed unimpaired. The height of the blood-hound, 

 when full grown, is usually two feet four inches. Its limbs are 

 strong and muscular j its chest wide j its muzzle broad, and the 

 upper lip is large and pendulous. 



Some writers suppose that the blood-hound is the stock from 



