THE BEAGLE. 



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VI.— THE BEAGLE. 



" BAKMAID," a Dwarf Beagle bred by Lord Gifford.* 



Any English hound less than 1 6 inches in height is in ordinary 

 language called a beagle, but in reality there is as great a differ- 

 ence between a dwarf harrier or foxhound and a true beagle as 

 between a bloodhound and a foxhound. The true beagle is a 

 miniature specimen of the old Southern hound, except that, like 

 almost all moderately reduced dogs as to size, he possesses more 

 symmetry than his prototype. "Where, however, this reduction is 

 carried to extremes in order to produce a little hound capable of 

 being carried in the pocket of a shooting-jacket, and slow enough 

 to allow of his followers keeping up with him on foot, there is 



* This beautiful little "bitch, presented to Mrs. Chapman of Cheltenham by 

 Lord Gifford, is by Mr. Barker's " Buler" out. of his "Bluebell." Height, 12^ 

 inches. 



