THE FOXHOUND 
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The length ol the chase is uncertain ; but, as they were 
seen at Red-kirk, near Annan, in Dumfriesshire, (distanl 
by the post-road forty-six miles,) it is conjectured that the 
circuitous and uneven course they might be supposed to take 
would not be less than one hundred and twenty miles. To 
commemorate this fact, the horns of the stag, which were 
the largest ever seen in that part of the country, were 
placed on a tree of enormous size in the Park, (afterwards 
called “ Hart's-horn Tree/') accompanied with this inscrip¬ 
tion :— 
u Hercules kill’d Hart o’ Greece ; 
And Hart o’ Greece kill’d Hercules ! ” 
The horns have been since removed, and are now at Julian's 
Bower, in the same county. 
THE FOXHOUND. 
The muzzle of the foxhound is rather long, and his head 
small in proportion to his body ; his ears long and pendu¬ 
lous, though not so much so as those of the bloodhound or 
staghound, and a little lower at the shoulders, and more 
slender in his . make. His limbs are very straight, his feet 
round, and not too large ; his chest is very deep, and breast 
wide; his back broad, his neck thin, with the shoulders 
lying well back, and his tail thick and bushy, which he 
carries high while in the chase. The ground-colour of his 
whole skin is white, variously patched with black and tan in 
different parts of the body, as well as the head, and gene¬ 
rally with one at the root of his tail. 
No country in Europe can boast of foxhounds equal in 
swiftness, strength, and agility to those of Britain, where the 
utmost attention is paid to their breeding, education, and 
food. The climate also seems congenial to their nature; 
for when taken to France or Spain, and other southern 
