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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Driving
was
commonly
resorted
to
in
the
extensive
forests,
but
nowadays
when
forests
are
sub-divided
into
limited
shootings
the
deer
are
seldom
moved
from
their
home
preserves,
whilst
with
the
use
of
improved
telescopes
and
the
small-bore
rifle,
stalking
has
gone
out
of
fashion.
With
guns
having
a
muzzle
velocity
of
2,500
feet
per
second,
it
is
no
longer
necessary
for
sportsmen
stealthily
to
stalk
their
game
to
come
within
easy
range,
and
as
for
hounds,
they
have
become
a
doubtful
appendage
to
the
chase.
Primarily
and
essentially
the
Deerhound
belongs
to
the
order
Agaseus,
hunting
by
sight
and
not
by
scent,
and
although
he
may
indeed
occasionally
put
his
nose
to
the
ground,
yet
his
powers
of
scent
are
not
remarkable.
His
vocation,
therefore,
has
undergone
a
change,
and
it
was
recently
ascertained
that
of
sixty
deer
forests
there
were
only
six
upon
which
Deerhounds
were
kept
for
sporting
purposes.
Happily
the
Deerhound
has
suffered
no
decline
in
the
favour
bestowed
upon
him
for
his
own
sake.
The
contrary
is
rather
the
case,
and
he
is
still
an
aristocrat
among
dogs,
valued
for
his
good
looks,
the
symmetry
of
his
form,
his
grace
and
elegance,
and
even
more
so
for
his
faithful
and
affectionate
nature.
Sir
Walter
Scott
declared
that
he
was
"a
most
perfect
creature
of
heaven,"
and
when
one
sees
him
represented
in
so
beautiful
a
specimen
of
his
noble
race
as
St.
Ronan's
Rhyme,
for
example,
or
Talisman,
or
Ayrshire,
one
is
tempted
to
echo
this
high
praise.
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