MAMMALIA — DOG. 



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THE AFRICAN BLOOD-HOUND. 



Two males and a female of this species — a species which is remarkable 

 for its elegance and its sagacity, were brought to England, from Africa, by 

 Major Denham. While he was in that country he frequently employed 

 them in hunting the gazelle ; in performing which they displayed infinite 

 skill. After a lapse of an hour and a half, or even two hours, they would 

 follow the scent ; and they would often quit the line of it, to cut oflf a double, 

 or, in other words, to shorten the distance, and would recover it with the 

 greatest ease. This dog is used in Africa to track a flying foe to his retreat. 

 Captivity has rendered the female surly, and has deprived the whole of them 

 of the desire to perpetuate their race. 



THE HY^NA DOG.i 



This dog is a native of Southern Africa, and is a serious nuisance to the 

 frontier settlements at the Cape. It hunts in packs, generally at night, and 

 is exceedingly fierce, swift, and active. Sheep, it unhesitatingly attacks, 

 but it is less daring with respect to the horse and the ox, and, accordingly, 



' Canis pidus, Desm. 



