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leash, and when a fresh track is found they follow 

 quietly until they are near the quarry, when they 

 are released, and soon bring the elk to bay. Their 

 duty is to hold the elk's attention by springing 

 about, seeking to bite him, first on the hind legs, 

 then on the nose, until the hunter, in response to 

 the dog's barking, comes up with his rifle. The 

 dachshund also is well adapted by nature to as- 

 sist in this class of hunting.^ 



The use of dogs in hunting elk is looked upon 

 with growing disfavor in Russia, because of their 

 tendency to frighten all classes of game, driving 

 even the elk from their accustomed covers, perhaps 

 never to return. In place of dogging, the hunters 

 of the Baltic provinces now employ driving in 

 some of its forms almost exclusively when they go 

 in quest of elk. 



Baron von Kapherr^ describes an elk drive in 

 Russia, quoting from the Neue Baltische W aid- 

 mannsbldtter. Seven sportsmen took part. Two 

 were armed with rifles, two with shotguns carrying 

 round ball, and three with shotguns loaded for 

 hare, and they were placed at proper intervals in a 

 long line. The first line of beaters consisted of five 



sMartenson, p. 135; Kapherr, pp. 86-88. 

 Ubi supra, pp. 82-84. 



