FRENCH AND OTHER 
powers. For the chase he is usually fitted 
with a light leather harness to which the 
leash is attached, and when properly trained 
he will lead the hunter surely and silently 
straight up to his game. They are of Spitz 
CAPT. G. FERRAND'S YEMTLAND BEAR- AND 
ELK-HOUND TROFAOS. 
type, and are of several varieties, differing 
mainly in size. Some of them are bobtailed. 
Prominent among these varieties is the 
Elk-hound, which may be termed the Scan- 
dinavian Pointer, for, as well as for elk and 
bear hunting, it is used as a gun-dog for 
blackcock. It is remarkable for its powers 
of scent, and under favourable conditions 
will scent an elk or a bear three miles 
away. Technically, however, it is not a 
hound, but a general utility dog. The 
breed is a very ancient one, dating back 
in its origin to the times of the Vikings. 
Intelligence, courage, and endurance are 
among its notable characteristics. It is 
rather short in stature, with an average 
height of twenty inches. The head, which 
is carried high, is large and square, broad 
between the ears; the stop well defined, the 
muzzle of good length, the eyes dark and 
full of expression, the ears sharply pointed, 
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erect, and very mobile. The neck is short 
and thick, the chest broad and deep, the 
back straight and not long. The stern is 
thick and heavy, and carried curled over 
the back. As in most northern dogs, the 
coat is long and deep on the body, with a 
dense woolly undercoat, but short and 
smooth about the head. In colour it is 
grizzle in all its shades, grizzle brown, black 
brown, or black. Tan is rare. A white 
patch on the chest is frequent, as are white 
feet. The undercoat is always pale brown. 
These alert and companionable dogs are 
becoming popular in England. Lady Cath- 
cart’s Jager is a typical specimen, and Major 
A. W. Hicks Beach owns and frequently 
exhibits several good ones, notably Clinker 
and King. Clinker is of his own  breed- 
ing, by Vold out of Namsos, and has taken 
many first prizes at important shows. 
In Siberia the Samoyede Dog is used to 
some extent in the hunting of the bear. 
at which work he shows considerable cour- 
age. Among the Laplanders he is employed 
LADY CATHCART'S ELK-HOUND JAGER. 
for rounding up the tame elk; and farther 
north, of course, he becomes a draught dog, 
There are dogs in Iceland of a somewhat 
similar type, with prick ears, a bushy tail 
