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Sect. 5. Water dogs, which delight in swimming. Examples : 

 Newfoundland Dog, Water-Span iel, etc. 



Sect. 6. Fowlers^ or such as have an inclination to chase or point 

 birds by scenting only, and not killing. Examples: 

 the Setter, the Pointer, the Field-Spaniel, etc. 



Sect. 7. Rounds, which hunt in packs by scent, and kill their 

 game. Examples : the Foxhound, the Harrier, etc. 



Sect. 8. Crossed breeds, for sporting purposes. Example: the Re- 

 triever. 



in. HOUSE DOGS. 



Characteristics. — Muzzle more or less shortened, skull high, 

 frontal sinuses considerable, condyle of the lower jaw extending 

 above the line of the upper cheek teeth. Cranium smaller in this 

 group than in the first and second, in consequence of its peculiar 

 formation. 



Sect. 9. Watch dogs, which have no propensity to hunt, but are 

 solely employed in the defence of man, or his prop- 

 erty. Examples : the Mastiff, the Bulldog, the Pug 

 dog, etc. 



As before remarked, this division is on the whole founded ou 

 natural laws, but there are some anomalies which we shall en- 

 deavor to remove. For instance, the greyhound is quite as ready 

 to hunt in packs as any other hound, and is only prevented from 

 doing so by the hand of his master. The same restraint keeps him 

 from using his nose, or he could soon be nearly as good with that 

 orgm as with the eye. So also Cuvier defines his sixth section as 

 "having an inclination to chase and point birds'' whereas they 

 have as great, and oftener a greater, desire for hares and rabbits. 

 Bearing therefore in mind these trifling defects, we shall consider 

 the dog under the following heads : 



Chap. I. Wild and half-reclaimed dogs, hunting in packs. 

 Chap. II. Domesticated dogs, hunting chiefly by the eye, and 

 killing their game for the use of man, 

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