NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DOG. 71 



Nor is the Pariah devoid of courage. 1 recollect an 

 anecdote, told, I think, by Captain Brown, on " Oriental 

 Field Sports," of a Pariah that was cast into a tiger's cage, 

 to serve that animal for a meal, seizing his monstrous enemy 

 by the nose whenever he approached, and by his spirited 

 conduct inspiring the tiger with such respect, that it not only 

 ceased attempting to destroy, but actually conceived a strong 

 attachment for the dog. 



CHAPTER VII. 



HOUNDS PROPERLY SO CALLED. 



The Talbot. 



The Bloodhound. 



The Staghouii'.i. 



The Oriental Hound. The Italian Pointer. 



The Foxhound. The English Pointer. 



The Harrier. The Dalmatian, or Carriage 



The Spanish Pointer. 

 The Portuguese Pointer. 

 The French Pointer. 



The Beagle. 



The Kerry Beagle. 



Dog. 

 The Russian Pointer. 



The Otterhound. 



TERRIERS. 



The Russian Terrier. 

 The Scottish. 

 The Isle of Skye. 

 The English. 



The Maltese. 



The South American. 



The Turnspit. 



The Harlequin Terrier 



THE TALBOT 



Is, perhaps, the oldest of our slow hounds. He had a 

 broad mouth ; very deep chops ; very long and large pen- 

 dulous ears ; was fine-coated, and not, as some write, ''rough 

 on the belly;" his color was usually a pure white. This 

 was the hound formerly known as " St. Hubert's breed," 

 and was distinct from the bloodhound, though by some con- 

 founded with that dog. It was remarkable for its deep and 

 sonorous voice ; and it was this hound of which Shakspeare 

 was evidently thinking, when he wrote 



" My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, 

 So flew'd, so sanded, and their heads are hung 

 With ears that sweep away the morning's dew ; 

 Crook-kneed, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls j 

 Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, 

 Each under each." 



This was the same with the old Southern hound, and not, 

 as Colonel Smith seems to suppose, distinct from i*. 



