CONTENTS. V 



CHAPTER XL 



THE DOG. 



The Wild Dogs (265)— The Dhole (265)— The Alpine Wolf (266)— The Domesticated Dog 



(266) — Regard in which the Dog is Held (267) — Abhorrence of the Dog by the Orientals (267) — 



The Dogs of the East (267) — The Dog in Antiquity (268) — The Mental Qualities of the Dog (268) 



— Its Moral Sense (269) — Its Affection for its Master (270)— Rabies or Hydrophobia (270). 



CHAPTER XH. 

 THE SPORTING DOGS. 

 Modes of Classification (273)— Sporting Dogs (273)— The Scotch Greyhound (273} — The 

 Irish Greyhound (274) — The African Greyhound (274) — The Common Greyhound (275) — The 

 Hare Indian Dog (276) — The Italian Greyhound (276) — The Stag Hound (277) — Fox Hound (277) 

 Harrier (277) — Beagle (277) — The Otter Hound (277) — The Dachs Hund and Turnspit (278) — 

 The Bloodhound (278) — The Pointers and Setters (279) — The Spaniels (280) — Springers (280)^ 

 Cockers (280) — Water Spaniel (280) — Chesapeake Bay Dog (281) — Retriever (281). 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 SHEPHERD'S DOGS AND HOUSE DOGS. 

 The Shepherd's Dog (282)— The Colley (282)— The Spitz (283)— The Esquimaux Dog (283)— 

 The St. Bernard (284)— The Mastiff (284)— The Thibet Dog (285)— The Bulldog (285)— The New- 

 foundland Dog (285)— The Black and Tan Terrier (288)— The Scotch Terrier (288)— The Skye 

 Terrier (288)— The Yorkshire Terrier (288)— The Bull-Terrier (288)— The Fox Terrier (289)— 

 The Coach-Dogs (289) — The Pug (2S9) — The Poodle (289) — King Charles (290) — Blenheim (290) 

 The Mexican Mopsey (291) — The Dingo, or the Dog Relapsed into Barbarism (291). 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE WEASELS, OTTERS AND SKUNKS. 

 The Martens (293) — The Sable (294) — The American Sable (295) — The Black Cat (295) — 

 The Polecat (20c) — The Ermine (296) — The Ferrets (296) — The New York Ermine (297) — The 

 Mink (297) — The Weasels (298) — The Wolverene (299) — The Otters (300) — The Canada Otter 

 (301) — The California Otter (302) — The Sea Otter (302) — The Brazilian Otter (303) — The Chinese 

 Otter (303) — The Badgers (303) — The American Badger (304) — The Teledu (305) — The Ratel 

 (306) — The Skunks (307; — The Zorilla (307; — The Suriho {308) — The Common Skunk (308) — 

 The Nyentek (310). 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE RACOONS AND PANDAS. 

 The Common Racoon (311) — The Crab-eating Racoon (313) — The California Coon (313) — 

 The Coati (313) — The Red Coati (314) — The White Coati (314)— The Kinkajou (315) — The 

 American Civet or Mountain Cat {316) — The Panda or Wah (316). 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE BEARS. 

 The Bears (318)— The Polar Bear (318)— The Brown Bear (320)— The Syrian Bear (321)— 

 fhe American Bears (322) — The Black Bear (322) — The Grizzly Bear (323) — The Bornean Sun 

 Bear (325) — The Sloth or Lipped Bear (326) — The South American or Spectacled Bear (327). 



