CARNIVORES: DOGS, WOLVES, AND FOXES. 19 



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Shepherd's Dog, Fox-hound, Stag-hound, and Blood- 

 hound, Spaniel, Setter, Pointer, Poodle, Terrier, Mas- 

 tiff, &c. The Dog is noted for his sagacity, courage, 

 and faithfulness, and if there were room many interest- 

 ing stories might be related illustrating these qualities. 

 Mrs. Lee tells the following story of a Pointer belonging 

 to her father : " Clio stood with her hind legs upon a 

 gate for more than two hours, with a nest of partridges 

 close to her nose. She must have seen them as she 

 jumped over the gate, and had she moved an inch they 

 would have been frightened away. My father went on, 

 and having other dogs did not miss Clio for a long time ; 

 at length lie perceived she was not with the rest, and 

 neither came to his call nor his whistle ; he went back 

 to seek her, and there she stood, just as she had got 

 over the gate. His coming up disturbed the birds and 

 he shot some of them ; but Clio, when thus relieved, 

 was so stiff that she could not move." 



Wolves are ferocious and greedy animals, about the 



Fig. 45. American White and Gray Wolf. 



size of a large dog. They often hunt in companies or 

 packs, and thus are able to kill animals which singly 

 they could not master. In newly settled parts of the 



