Man's Conquest <^> ^> *o *^ 



(From The Animal Kingdom) 



HP HE dog is the most complete, the most re- 

 -^ markable, and the most useful conquest 

 ever made by man. Every species has become 

 our property ; each individual is altogether devoted 

 to his master, assumes his manners, knows and 

 defends his property, and remains attached to 

 him until death : and all this proceeds neither 

 from want nor constraint, but solely from true 

 gratitude and real friendship. The swiftness, 

 the strength, and the scent of the dog, have 

 created for man a powerful ally against other 

 animals, and were perhaps necessary to the 

 establishment of society. He is the only animal 

 which has followed man through every region of 

 the earth. Georges Cuvier. 



Beth Gelert : or, The Grave of the Greyhound 



THE spearmen heard the bugle sound, 

 And cheerly smil'd the morn ; 

 And many a brach, and many a hound, 

 Obey'd Llewelyn's horn. 

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