142 THOSE OTHER ANIMALS. 



the smaller varieties of dogs, and would fail from its want 

 of voice as a guard, and be of little use in a tussle with 

 burglars. Take him altogether, there is no animal possess- 

 ing one tithe of the qualifications of the dog for the various 

 purposes for which he is used by man, being capable of 

 acting alike as a woman's pet, as a man's companion, as an 

 assistant in the chase, as, in some countries, an animal of 

 draught, as a vigilant sentry, as a powerful and valiant 

 ally, and as the most faithful and truest of friends. 



