In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was lying stretched before us. It was not a pure bloodhound and it was not a pure mastiff; but it appeared to be a combination of the two--gaunt, savage, and as large as a small lioness.
Rien que par la taille et la puissance, c’était une bête terrible : ni un pur molosse ni un pur dogue ; sans doute un mélange des deux : décharné, sauvage, aussi fort qu’une petite lionne.