THE HOUND. 
Aut the different varieties of the hound, which finds 
and follows his game by nose, seem to be derived origi- 
nally from the old English bloodhound, sleuth hound, Tal- 
bot or Southern hound, all of which were modifications of 
one animal, the same as that described by Shakspeare in 
those immortal lines of Midsummer Night’s Dream, which, 
familiar as household words to all lovers of poetry, deserve 
to be as well known to all sportsmen, for the admirable 
description they convey of the old English hound of the 
Elizabethan era, undoubtedly the parent of all the modern 
families from the stately staghound down to the minute 
beagle. 
