# Quote — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

> Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

- Author: [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle.md)
- Book: [The Hound of the Baskervilles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles.md)
- Page: 679
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## More from this book

> There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

p. 696 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles/there-is-nothing.md)

> We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.

p. 687 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles/we-balance-probabilities.md)

> You never tire of the moor. You cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast, and so barren, and so mysterious.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles/you-never-tire.md)