MAMMALIA—DOG. 141 
THE AFRICAN BLOOD-HOUND. 
Two males and a female of this species—a species which is remarkaole 
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 off 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 ANA DOG! 
Tunis 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, 
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1 Canis pictus, Desm. 
