DALMATIAN OR COACH DOG.—Canis familiaris. 
So we find that, whether in cats, Dogs, or horses, the animals which are most fre- 
quently made the companions of man, the disposition of the owner is reflected im the 
character of the beast. The large-hearted, kind-souled man will be surrounded with 
loving and gentle animals. His cat will sit and purr upon his shoulder fearless of repulse, 
his Dog will love and reverence his master with faithful w orship, and his horse will follow 
him about the field in which it is free ly grazing, and solicit the kind notice to which it is 
accustomed. On the other hand, the cross and snappish eat, the snarling Dog, and the 
crabbed-tempered horse are sure signs of corresponding qualities in the man that owns 
them, and will deter an observer of animal natures from placing his confidence in the 
man who could infuse such evil qualities into the creatures that surround him, and from 
whom they take their tone. 
As the Dog is possessed of a disposition which is more easily assimilated with that of 
man than is the case with most animals, the affinity between itself and its master is 
constantly brought before our notice. 
One man loves nothing so well as the largest Newfoundland or deerhound, while 
another is not satisfied unless his Dog be of the minutest proportions compatible with 
canine nature. One man places his faith in the terrier, another in the poodle; one 
prefers the retriever, and another the spaniel. The man who pursues his sport at 
morning, in the face of the sun, is accompanied by the loud-tongued foxhound or beagle ; 
while the skuiking nocturnal poacher is aided in his midnight thefts by the silent ‘and 
crafty lurcher. 
But of all the Dogs that are associated with man, and of all the men that make com- 
panionship with Dogs, the most repulsive, and most to be avoided by honest Dogs and 
men, are the bull-dog and his owner. 
I may be accused of delivering too severe a judgment on Dog and man. Those who 
have been led by duty, curiosity, or chance through the unsavoury localities which are 
haunted by the members of the “Fancy,” and have instinctively stepped aside from the 
fur-capped, beetle-browed, sleek-haired, suspicious ruftian, leading his sullen and scowling 
bull-dog at his heels, will hardly find terms too severe for the deprav ed human character 
that could encourage or cherish such an epitome of the most brutal features of the canine 
nature. Dog and man suit each other admirably ; and, had there been no human ruftian, 
there would have been no canine representation of his own ruffianisin. 
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