Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-21

taken of The filling of French frigate
from the H4vanna, having on board
fz07 baadred 5i97d koHnls 70 bart he NJ.
gross # 81. Dsmzgo : This race Of
dogs has been chefllhed in the inand
OF Cuba, ever lince IFS earlici fettlement
when ;hey were employed by the frG
adventures TO e1tirpate The aboriginal
inhabitants. Lord Balcarras imported
pack into Jamaica, 10 adil ia the re
duotion of the Maroons. The negroes,
throughout the Wetin3is i1ands, are
more afraid Of a blood hound than
OF mulllet. The fcent of his animal
is keen, and his ferocity forpaGes that
OF any ct his iPecies his aim is always
directed at the throat of his prey, which
It be once dilcovers, he infallibly feizes
and dearoys. The following Natural
1iltory Of this extraordinary animal
may amufe the reader -
The Blood Hound, was ii great
.requet with our ancelors: and as It
was remarkable for the frmnefs of its
.icent, il was frequently employed in
recovering game thar had elcaped
wounded from the hunters. Itcould
follow, with great certainty, loot Qeps
.of 2 man 70 a comfortable difance
And IN barbarous and unciviized
times when The theft or murderer has
Had, this nleful creature would trace
himthrough the thick-a and mot lscret
co7erts nor would il ceafe its purfuit
TIL i had taken the Eelon. For this
reatan, there was a law in Scotland.
thar whoever denied entrance 10 one Of
theft Dogs, in purluit Of Rolen goods,
ih0uld be deemed an accedary.
Blood Hounds were formerly ufed
ia certain diarias lying between Eng
land and Scotland, which were much
infeited by robbers and murderers and
tax was laid upon the inhabitants for
keeping and maintairing a CERTAIN pun
Der ct them, But, as the arm Of ipaice
| is now extended over every part Of the
country, and there are no fecrct recer-
les where villainy may lie concealed,
theie iervices are 10 longer neceGary
+" In Scotland, it was dinineui(hcd
by the name of the Sleuth Hound.
Some few Of theEe Dogs are all
kept in the fouthern part Of the king
dom, and are ufed il purfuit of deer
that have been PreviOuly wounded by
ihot 70 draw blood. the icent which en-.
ables them 10 purdue with mott uner.
ring iteadinefs--They are iometincs
employed in discovering deer aealers,
whom they infalIbiy trace by tie blood
that ihues from the wounds of their vic
tims.-They are faid to Be kept in con.
vents, fituaied il the lonely and noun.
tanlous countries of Switzerland, both
as a guardro, the f4cred manliou, as
well as TO find out thebodies Of men that
have been lott in crOaing thofe wild and
dreary ira9s
!" The Blood hound is taller than the
Old Euglilh Hound, mott beautifully
formed, and hyperion to every other
kfnd in activity fpeed and fagacity.-
they teidom bark, except in the chaie
they are commonly of reddifh or
brown color.
Somervill thus beautifully dercribes
their rhode Of pprfuing the nightly lpoil.
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