. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE BASOEB-DOG-, OR DACHSHUND. This animal, largely bred in Germany, is famous for its Jiuntinff qualities, its staying powers, courage and keen scent, especially qualifying it for the pursuit of game. The most marked physical characteristics are the large, pendant ears, and the crooked, short legs, whiih are so little in the way that the Dog can make its way into burrows after Hares, Badgers and other earth-boring animals where Dogs with longer legs could not enter. {Canis familiaris verlagus.) distance, a basket weighing fifty po
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE BASOEB-DOG-, OR DACHSHUND. This animal, largely bred in Germany, is famous for its Jiuntinff qualities, its staying powers, courage and keen scent, especially qualifying it for the pursuit of game. The most marked physical characteristics are the large, pendant ears, and the crooked, short legs, whiih are so little in the way that the Dog can make its way into burrows after Hares, Badgers and other earth-boring animals where Dogs with longer legs could not enter. {Canis familiaris verlagus.) distance, a basket weighing fifty pounds. A Goat which had butted at him as it passed by, was seized by the Dog and brought to me, the Dog clearing two railway fences on his way. A ferocious Bull, which was being driven to pasture with other Cattle, came toward me in a threatening manner. The Dog sprang at the ani- mal's throat and held it until the beast roared with pain, and when its assailant loosened his hold it made a hurried flight. Once Tom (that was the Dog's name) had to be sent away, and the carpenter made a box out of new boards, strong enough, as he said, to hold a Tiger. Tom gnawed the box into splinters before he reached the station. When he was rushing at any object that had excited his wrath, the strongest Man could not have checked him; he threw down all who interfered with him and â dragged them along on the ground. "He participated in all family events. If one of us was sick in bed, he would sit by the bedside see it unpacked, and would seize the first object that came to light from the parcel and hurry with it to all members of the family who had not been present at the unpacking, in order to make the joyful event known to them. It was not astonishing that he soon became the pet of the whole household, especially of the female members. "His demeanor was most amusing when he had an opportunity of stealing and hiding in his huge mouth, unobserved, as he thought, some object which my d
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