198 NATURAL HISTORY. 



the great perfection, which a long state of subjugation 

 has produced, joined to a careful, and well-followed 

 education. 



The hound, the setting dog, and the terrier, are on- 

 ly one and the same race of dogs ; for it has been re- 

 marked, that tire same birth has produced setting-dogs, 

 terriers, and hounds, though the hound bitch has only 

 been covered by one of the three dogs. 



The beagle, and almost all sorts of dogs transport- 

 ed into Spain and Barbary, have hair fine, long, and 

 thick, and become spaniels and barbets. The great 

 and little spaniel, which difTer only in size, when trans- 

 ported into England, change their colour from black 

 to white, and by the influence of the climate are be- 

 come large, small, and shabby. To these we may 

 add the terrier, which is but a black beagle, like the 

 other, but with liver-coloured marks on the four feet, 

 the eyes and the snout. 



The shepherd's dog, transported to the north, is be- 

 come a large Dane, and into the south, is become a 

 greyhound : the large greyhounds come from the 

 Levant ; those of a middle size from Italy. Grey- 

 hounds from the latter of these places, when trans- 

 ported into England, become smaller greyhounds. 



The large Danes, transported into Ireland, Ukrain, 

 Tartary, Epirus, and Albany, are become large Irish 

 dogs, and in size surpass all the rest of the species. 



The bull dog, transported from England into Den- 

 mark, is become a small Dane ; and this small Dane, 

 when transported into warm climates, loses its hair 

 entirely, and becomes the naked Turk dog. All these 

 races, with their varieties, have been produced solely* 

 by the influence of climate, joined to the effect of their 

 food, and of a careful education: theotherdogs are not 

 of a pure race, and come from a mixture of these races. 



