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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XIII
THE
BLOODHOUND
The
Bloodhound
was
much
used
in
olden
times
in
hunting
and
in
the
pursuit
of
fugitives;
two
services
for
which
his
remarkable
acuteness
of
smell,
his
ability
to
keep
to
the
particular
scent
on
which
he
is
first
laid,
and
the
intelligence
and
pertinacity
with
which
he
follows
up
the
trail,
admirably
fit
him.
The
use
and
employment
of
these
dogs
date
back
into
remote
antiquity.
We
have
it
on
the
authority
of
Strabo
that
they
were
used
against
the
Gauls,
and
we
have
certain
knowledge
that
they
were
employed
not
only
in
the
frequent
feuds
of
the
Scottish
clans,
and
in
the
continuous
border
forays
of
those
days,
but
also
during
the
ever-recurring
hostilities
between
England
and
Scotland.
Indeed,
the
very
name
of
the
dog
calls
up
visions
of
feudal
castles,
with
their
trains
of
knights
and
warriors
and
all
the
stirring
panorama
of
these
brave
days
of
old,
when
the
only
tenure
of
life,
property,
or
goods
was
by
the
strong
hand.
This
feudal
dog
is
frequently
pictured
by
the
poet
in
his
ballads
and
romances,
and
in
"The
Lady
of
the
Lake"
we
find
the
breed
again
mentioned
as
"--dogs
of
black
St.
Hubert's
breed,
Unmatched
for
courage,
breath,
and
speed."
These
famous
black
Bloodhounds,
called
St.
Huberts,
are
supposed
to
have
been
brought
by
pilgrims
from
the
Holy
Land.
Another
larger
breed,
also
known
by
the
same
name,
were
pure
white,
and
another
kind
were
greyish-red.
The
dogs
of
the
present
day
are
probably
a
blend
of
all
these
varieties.
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