Knowledge of natural history, revfrom Reason why: natural history, giving reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with zoology; and throwing light upon the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the animal kingdom . KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 87 Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tailFlourished in air, low bending, piies aroundHis busy nose, the steaming vapor snuffs.— course was invariably discovered, when once the bloodhound was placedupon their trail. In the border country of Scotland, they were formerly much employed for such uses,but at pr
Knowledge of natural history, revfrom Reason why: natural history, giving reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with zoology; and throwing light upon the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the animal kingdom . KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 87 Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tailFlourished in air, low bending, piies aroundHis busy nose, the steaming vapor snuffs.— course was invariably discovered, when once the bloodhound was placedupon their trail. In the border country of Scotland, they were formerly much employed for such uses,but at present the race has be-come almost forgotten. In thecountries of South America, theSpaniards employed fierce dogsto aid them in conquering theIndians, but it is not certainthat the dogs, trained by themto this cruel business, belongedto the present variety. All the varieties of hound,however, have much sagacity,and most of the larger andstronger breeds have greatacuteness of scent, and might,without much difficulty, betrained to act as bloodhounds. 268. Why is the sense of smell so acute in dogs?The olfactory nerve in the horse, the dog, the ox, and the swine, iz the largest of all the cerebral nerves, andof much greater comparative bulk in the quadruped thanin the human being. The sense of smell, in proportionto the size of the nerve upon which it depends, is stillmore acute. The relative size of the nerve bea
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