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deep tan-colour, and generally marked with a black spot above 
each eye. 
In some of the West India Islands, blood-hounds have been trained 
to hunt runaway negroes, and in Porto Rico these ferocious animals 
are an article of traffic. During the Maroon war, a troop was introduced 
into Jamaica, but through the humanity of the commanding officer 
they were kept in the rear of the army, and were never called into 
action. The dishonour, however, which attended the measure accom- 
panies the record in which an account of the detestable expedient 
is preserved. It has thrown a shade on the history of Britain, that 
never can be effaced. 
The method of training the young blood-hounds to hunt negroes is 
thus stated by Rainsford in bis history of Hayti. When taken from 
their dams, these young dogs are kept in a kind of cage, and are 
never fed until they are exceedingly hungry. Their food is then 
carried to them in skins or bladders generally coloured black. After 
some time, having been accustomed to tear open these skins, to devour 
the blood and entrails which they contain, they no sooner see them 
approaching, than they become clamorous to seize their prey. In pro- 
cess of time the skins assume a new form, making some approximation 
to a negro. On these the dogs seize with avidity, ripping open its belly, 
and devouring its contents. At length the artificial negro is arrayed 
like a living one, and he appears to walk towards the cages in which 
the dogs are waiting for their prey. The artificial negro seems then 
to shun the dogs, but this only makes them more ferocious, and 
they are finally rewarded with being permitted to bring him to the 
ground, and to tear open his bowels. 
When thus trained, they are always kept in confinement, except 
when called out on the detestable hunting expeditions, which furnishes 
white men with joy at hearing the slirieks and groans of the unfortu- 
nate blacks that are overtaken in the woods by these ferocious 
animals. W^ere not these dogs confined, no negro could live among 
them. They are, however, reserved as instruments of terror, and con- 
tribute by their character to rivet the chains which the sons of Africa 
seem destined to w'ear. That Jamaica should have imported one 
hundrechof these dogs, under the direction of some Spanish huntsmen, 
to pursue the Maroons, covers her with a degree of infamy which no 
apology can palliate, which no advocate can ever fairly excuse. 
Sea-Serpent. 
This is a monstrous animal, said to inhabit the northern seas about 
Greenland and the coasts of Norway. The following marvellous 
account of this monster is given by Guthrie. In 1758, one of them 
was shot by a master of a ship ; its head resembling that of a horse; 
the mouth was large and black, as were the eyes ; it had a white 
mane hanging from its neck ; it floated on the surface of the water, 
and held its head at least two feet out of the sea. Between the head 
and neck were seven or eight folds, which were very thick; and the 
length of this snake was more than one hundred yards ; some say 
fathoms. They have a remarkable aversion to the smell of castor ; 
