THE DOG 247 



two narrow pathways from it at each end and exactly opposite 

 each other, in each of which place a trap (Fig. 137), or dig a false 

 rabbit hole in a bank 18 in. long, and bait with rabbit entrails 

 pegged down firmly, and set the trap with the spring inwards about 

 6 in. from the bait. A few bushes may be placed at the en- 

 trance of the hole, pathway -like. The worst of trapping cats is 

 that of their being liable to make escape minus a paw or large part 

 of a leg. Such misfortune, however, does not damp the enthu- 

 siasm of cats for hunting, any more than it does a three-legged 

 rabbit from leaving a covert and feeding on herbage in the adjoining 

 field. 



DOG (Canis vulgaris). The dog has been domesticated from the 

 earliest times, numerous representations of the noble animal and 

 companion of man appearing in the ancient monuments of Egypt 

 and Assyria, even in various breeds, several of which can easily be 

 identified with those of present times. At a period coeval with or 

 anterior to the Exodus out of Egypt the dog was there regarded 

 as the friend and servant of man, employed in the care of flocks, 

 and as the guardian of the house. 



FIG. 138. ENGLISH TERRIER AND RAT. 



Dogs are divided into three great classes or groups. Class I, 

 Greyhounds, sub-divided into two families the Rough, embracing 

 the Irish wolfdog, Highland deerhound, and the Russian, etc., 

 greyhounds ; and the Smooth, including the common greyhound, 

 Italian, etc. Class II. This includes four families : Hounds 

 bloodhound, staghound, foxhound, harrier, beagle, otterhound, 

 etc., with Shooting Dogs English, French, Italian, Portuguese, 

 Spanish and Russian pointers. Terriers English (Fig. 138), 

 Scottish, Skye, Irish, etc. Newfoundland includes the dog of that 

 name, Labrador (major and minor), Pyrenean wolfdog, Esquimaux 



