142 DOGS AND CATS. 



like Henry, or Henry like Eliza, or Eliza like Julia. Every 

 animal has his own character, as marked and distinct as a 

 human being. Many people who have not studied much 

 into the habits of animals don't know this. To them a 

 dog is a dog, a cat a cat, a horse a horse, and no more, 

 that is the end of it. 



But domestic animals that associate with human beings 

 develop a very different character from what they would 

 possess in a wild state. Dogs, for example, in those coun- 

 tries where there is a prejudice against receiving them 

 into man's association, herd together, and become wild and 

 fierce like wolves. This is the case in many Oriental 

 countries, where there are superstitious ideas about dogs ; 

 as, for instance, that they are unclean and impure. But in 

 other countries, the dog, for the most part, forsakes all 

 other dogs to become the associate of man. A dog with- 

 out a master is a forlorn creature ; no society of other 

 dogs seems to console him ; he wanders about disconsolate, 

 till he finds some human being to whom to attach himself, 

 and then he is a made dog, he pads about with an air 

 of dignity, like a dog that is settled in life. 



There are among dogs certain races or large divisions, 

 and those belonging purely to any of those races are called 

 blood-dogs. As examples of what we mean by these races, 

 we will mention the spaniel, the mastiff, the bulldog, the 

 hound, and the terrier ; and each of these divisions contains 



