He was of a varied breed, and the good Irishman of whom I bought him said he had fine blood in him, and attempted to refer him back to the different classes of dogs from which he had been derived.

But after I had had him awhile, I made an analysis based on his appearance and character, and concluded that he was mainly blood-hound, shaded with wolf-dog and mastiff, and picked out with touches of bull-dog.
The man brought him home for me, and chained him up in an unused wood-shed, for I had no doghouse as yet.
"Now thin," said he, "all you've got to do is to keep 'im chained up there for three or four days till he gets used to ye.

An' I'll tell ye the best way to make a dog like ye.

Jist give him a good lickin'.

Then he'll know yer his master, and he'll like ye iver aftherward.