THE DOG 



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carriages. Having a height 

 twenty-one inches, he cannot well 

 fulfill the usual functions of an 

 English terrier. 



And now, in taking leave 

 of terriers, we must con- 

 tent ourselves, in conse- 

 quence of limited space, 

 by merely naming the red- 

 brown Irish terrier, who 

 possesses excellent domes- 

 tic qualities, and the Wels 

 terrier, the product of English 

 breeding, — a weakened specimen 

 of the Airesdale and Irish terriers. 



The Iiound. We shall now end this 

 rapid glance cast over the enormous extent of pic 

 the dog kingdom by causing the hounds to pass sh( 



CoLLUi 



those who desire to know fundamen- 

 tally the history of the canine 

 races, to take, as their first 

 study, the hound, whose type 

 we find almost unaltered 

 b<.)th during and preceding 

 the Christian era. His 

 lithe form, his pointed 

 head, his strong, lean legs, 

 his eyes full of fire, his 

 small, delicate ears, and his 

 very deep chest show him at 

 lance to be a dog destined 

 to run fast, whether we judge by 

 representations of him made four hun- 

 dred years before Christ, by modern 

 tures, or by the living animal. The English 

 )rt-haired hound (the greyhound) and the 



German Terrier 



(PlNCHER) 



English Terrier ( 1kl,\.mj.vi.s) 



Dutch Terrier 

 (Smousje) 



at full gallop before us, as is done in military Arabian hound (the slougi) are the most ancient 

 reviews. The celebrated race of St. Bernards types we possess of the race. The latter, espe- 

 cially, imported and acclimated in the Low 



will be treated separately, and the blood- 

 hounds will elsewhere show us their 

 talents as detectives. We advise all 



Scotch Greyhound 



