Beeton's book of poultry and domestic animals - Thurman Lodge ...

og," and in that country boar-hnnting is still a. common sport,
and the boar-hound generally bred for use. In appearance tht
dog in question is rather formidable ; it is taller at the shoulders
than the mastiff, the colour of which it usually assumes. The
Umbs are very stout and long, and the shape of the head, which
is rather large, partakes of the squareness of the mastiff and
the ferretty sharpness of the terrier. When the boar is brought
to bay, it is the business of the hound so to manoeuvre that the
animal's attention shall be fixed on it while the hunter is left at
liberty to attack.
THE NEWEOUNDLAND DO(i.
This, the largest, of the spaniels, is, as it deserves to be, one
of the most favourite dogs in England. In its native land,
however, whatever its deservings may be (it is just possible
that, ruled by cruelty, he is not quite the model animal we find
him), he is treated viUanonsly. " He is converted into a beast
of burden, and forced to suffer even greater hardships -than
those which generally fall to the lot of animals which are used
for the carriage of goods or the traction of vehicles. The Hfe
of a hewer of wood is proverbially one of privation, but the
existence of the native Newfoundland dog is still less to be
envied, being that of a servant of the wood-hewer. In the
winter, the chief employment of the inhabitants is to cut fuel,
and the occupation of the dog is to draw it in carts. The poor
animals are not only urged beyond their strength but are
meagerly fed on putrid salt fish, the produce of some preceding
gammers. Many of these noble doga sink xiuder th^ joint