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COMMON BRITISH ANIMALS 



generally is not so supple. The senses of sight and 

 hearing are highly developed in the dog, but the 

 sense of smell is much more keen than in the cat, and 

 it is by scent that he hunts. Wild dogs, wolves, and 

 jackals hunt in packs, but foxes hunt singly. Tamed 



Fig. 10.— Cocker SiDaniel. "Flap." (Photo, from life by 

 H. C. Wood.) 



dogs were kept as pets and used for hunting b}^ the 

 Babylonians 4000 B.C., and they were also used by 

 the ancient Egyptians. 



Recognising that the dog possesses what Sir Ray 

 Lankester has called educability, man has made use 

 of this faculty to learn, and breeds dogs to serve him 



