. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 490 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. the property of Miss Bums, of Glenlie, Hamilton, wlro gave him the appropriate name Recl-cless. In appearance he closely resembled the Borzoi, which may be a de- scendant of the x\lbanian type, and is used, as all his admirers know, as a wolf dog. Originally the dog that we now know as the Great Dane, and he has a dense, long coat, similar in texture to that of the St. Bernard. His
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 490 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. the property of Miss Bums, of Glenlie, Hamilton, wlro gave him the appropriate name Recl-cless. In appearance he closely resembled the Borzoi, which may be a de- scendant of the x\lbanian type, and is used, as all his admirers know, as a wolf dog. Originally the dog that we now know as the Great Dane, and he has a dense, long coat, similar in texture to that of the St. Bernard. His head is heavy and powerful, with a short, blunt muzzle, broad and square, with heavy fiews. The body is strong, with broad shoulders, a deep, broad chest, and a broad, muscular back, somewhat long for. THE BEAR HUNT. Frop^ the Painting by SNYDERS. the Great Dane was used for hunting the wild boar ; work for which his immense size and strength, combined with his speed, admirably fitted him. He was also used for bear hunting, and the dogs shown in Snyders' well-known picture are probably of this breed, although the artist has given them longer and sharper muzzles than would be recognised as typical in the improved Great Dane of the present time. The Medelan, or Bear-hovmd of Russia, is a more massive dog, resembhng the Mastiff, or the dog of Bordeaux, rather than his height, which is about 27 inches. His weight is \8) lb. or thereabout. In colour he is dirty yellow, or grizzle red, with white patches, and always shaded with black or dark muzzle and ears. Until comparatively recently the bear provided excellent sport in Norway, but during the past thirty or forty years the numbef of bears has greatly diminished in the Scandinavian forests. The Norwegian Bear-hound (Norlandshund, or Jamthund) still exists, however, as a well-trained and intelligent hunter, with magnificent scenting. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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