CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



THE NATUKAIi HISTORY, ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIOJT, ATTD VAROk 

 TIES OF THE DOG. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGl, 



Origin ; General Characteristics ; Habitats ; Varieties ; F. Cuvier's 

 Divisional Arrangement; Arrangement adopted by Stonehenge - 17 

 CHAPTER n. 



WDd and half -reclaimed Dogs, hunting in Packs ; The Dingo ; The 

 Dhole ; The Pariah ; The Wild Dog of Africa ; The South- Ameri- 

 can Dog ; The North American Dog ; Other Wild Dogs • -27 

 CHAPTER HI. 



Domesticated Dogs Hunting Chiefly by the Eye and the Nose, 

 and Killing their Game for Man's use ; The Rough Scotch Grey* 

 hound and Deerhound; The Smooth or English Greyhound; 

 The Irish Greyhound, or Wolf-dog ; The French Matin ; The 

 Hare-Tr-riian Dog ; The Albanian Dog; The Grecian Greyhound ; 

 The Turkish Greyhound ; The Persian Greyhound; The Russian 

 Greyhound ; The Italian Greyhound ; The Bloodhound ; The 

 Foxhoubd ; The Harrier ; The Beagle ; The Otterhound , The 

 Terrier ; The Dachshund -------.-33 



CHAPTER IV. 



Domesticated Dogs, finding game by scent, but not killing it, being 

 chiefly used in aid of the gun; The Modern English Pointer; 

 The Portuguese Pointer ; The French Pointer ; The Dalmatian 

 and Danish Dogs ; The English and Irish Setters ; The Russian 

 Setter ; The Ordinary Field Spaniel, including the Springer 

 (Clumber, Sussex, and Norfolk breeds), and the Cocker (Welsh 

 and Devonshire) ; The Water Spaniel (English and Irish) ; The 

 Chesapeake Bay Dog ..-..---ga 



CHAPTER V. 



Pastoral Dogs, and those used, for the purposes of draught ; The 

 English Sheep-Dog; TheColley; The German Sheep-Dog ; Pom- 

 eranian or Spitz Dog; The Newfoundland and Labrador Dogs ; 

 The Esquimaux Dog; The Greenland Dog. - - - - 13* 

 CHAPTER VI. 



Watch Dogs ; House Dogs, and Toy Dogs ; Bulldog ; English Mas- 

 tiff; Mount St. Bernard; Thibet Dog; Poodle; Maltese Dog; 

 Lion Dog ; Shock Dog ; Toy Spaniels ; Toy Terriers ; The 

 Pug Dog; Italian Greyhound. ----..-- 141 

 CHAPTER YIL 



tossed Breeds. — ^Retriever ; BuU-Terrier » . • • - 163 



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