8 DOGS 



whicli took place in the New Forest in 1810 : — ' A person in 

 getting over a stile into a field near the forest remarked 

 there was blood upon it. Immediately afterwards he 

 recollected hearing that some deer had been stolen during 

 the preceding night. The man went to the nearest lodge to 

 give information, but the keeper being from home he was 

 under the necessity of going to Rhinafield Lodge, which 

 was at a considerable distance. He was accompanied by 

 the under-keeper and a bloodhound. The dog, when 

 brought to the spot, was laid on the scent, and after 

 following for about a mile the track which the dej)re- 

 dator had taken, came at last to a heap of furze fagots 

 belonging to the family of a cottager. The woman of the 

 house attempted to drive the dog away, but was pre- 

 vented ; and on the fagots being removed a hole was dis- 

 covered in the ground, which contained the carcass of a 

 sheep that had recently been killed, and also u considerable 

 quantity of salted meat. This is remarkable, because the 

 dog was not brought to the scent until more than sixteen 

 hours after the man had carried the sheep away.' 



The Gepman Boarhound 



This dog is also called the German Llastiff, the Ulmer 

 Hound, and the Great Dane, and is blue-slate colour, the 

 skin very fine and soft; he is very muscular in body, grace- 

 ful, and active. He should weigh from 1 15 to 120 pounds, 

 and be from 29 to 30 inches in height. The head should be 

 long, with arched forehead, broad and square at the muzzle, 

 cheeks full ; eyes deeply set, small and keen ; ears, unless 

 cropped, small ; neck long and free from hanging skin ; 

 chest deep, loins arched, back medium length, hind 

 quarters muscular, sloping shoulders, strong, firm, straight 

 legs, feet round and very large with toes set close to- 

 gether. The tail should reach the bend at the hind legs and 

 end upwards in half a circle ; the nose and toe-nails should 

 be black. The colours are the different shades of grey or 

 blue, red, black, pure white, and white with patches of one 



