roMERASiANDOoOrOR MOUNTAIN, rii:!.l), ANT) I' A IIM. rnsQviMAUX »oo. 



meat, a pat on tlio iieatl, or n rub down upon 

 Ilia glossy back by the liaiid of :i polioeujan ; 

 and ho is as well Unowu amongst tia' body as 

 any ono in it. Wo liavo hoard of tho dog of 

 Montargis, the soldier's dog, tho blind bcg- 

 Ljar's dog, and tho dog of tiio moidts of St. 

 Bernard, and been delighti-d by stories of 

 their iidellty and sagacity ; but uono aro more 

 interesting tliau * Peeler, tho dog of tho 

 police,' ' whose heart, enlarged with gratitude 

 to one, grows bountiful to all.' " 



THE CALABRIAN OR PYRENEAN WOLF-DOG. 



This is the shepherd's dog of tlio Abruzzo, 

 standing about twenty-nine or thirty inches 

 high at tho shoulder. He is usually of a white 

 colour, with one or two patches of bulf or tan 

 on the head or sides; the ears are not hairy, 

 and are half erect ; the tail is bushy, and is 

 carried, in a curl, close over the back ; the nose 

 is pointed, and the general aspect of the head 

 wolfish. They fijl the position of tho Scotch 

 colley, or that of the English sheep-dog, to the 

 Spanish and Italian shepherds, but are rather 

 jiuardians than herders of the flocks. Their 

 great value is to protect the sheep from tho 

 attacks of wolves and other ferocious animals. 



THE POMERANIAN DOG. 



This is a small dog, and usually of a white 

 colour. It is not twenty inches high at the 

 shoulder; its ears are perfectly erect, like 

 those of a fox, with an unfringcd tail, bushed 

 all round like tliat of the fox. It is often 

 called the "Ibx-dog," from its resemblance to 

 that animal. 



There is a small Chinese variety of dog, so 

 closely resembling the Pomeranian (except in 

 colour, being usually yellow or black), that they 

 cannot be distinguished from one another. 



"These are the dogs used as food by the 

 natives. There are regular dog-butchers in 

 most of the Chinese towns ; and dog's flesh, 

 especially roasted, is held in high esteem. It 

 is not long since, that not only was ' roasted 

 dog' regarded as the very quintessence of good 

 living, but that, like ' living turtle' among us, 

 its promised appearance at the board was 

 regularly announced as an attraction to the 

 invited guests." 



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Tin: IIMIK-I.SDIAN DOG. 

 This dog was lirst described by Dr. Hiehard- 

 son, anil found by hint on tho Mackenzie 

 river. It is of small size, and slenderly made, 

 with broad, erect ears, sharp at tho tips; tho 

 tail is pendent, with a slight curve upwards, 

 near tho tip. Ono which Dr. Kiclmrdsen had 

 was killeil and eaten by ono of his Indian 

 guides, who stated that he mistook it for a fox. 

 Tiio feet of this animal are large, spread, and 

 abundantly covered with fur, in cousequenco 

 of which ho can run upon tho snow with 

 rapidity and ease, without sinking. In their 

 native country, these dogs never bark ; in con- 

 fiuemeut they do. 



THE ESQUIMAUX DOG. 

 This dog is as large as the Xewfoundlancl, 

 with long, coarse hair, and his tail curling 

 over the back. Its ears are pointed and erect, 

 and, in his general appearance, bears a strong 

 resemblance to the wolf. He has a consider- 

 able share of intelligence and good temper. 

 In his native country he is harnessed to tho 

 sledge, and generally performs the work of a 

 draught animal. He is capable of undergoing 

 great iatigue, and is both active and swift. 



Besides this last dog of the north, there is 

 the Siberian dog, a powerful animal; the 

 Kamtschatka dog ; the Iceland dog; the Green- 

 land dog ; and the Lapland dog ; of which last, 

 Mr. Clarke, in his work on Scandinavia, has 

 given a description. He says — " "We had a 

 j valuable companion in a dog, belonging to one 

 of the boatmen. It was of the true Lapland 

 breed, and in all respects similar to a wolf, 

 I excepting the tail, which was bushy and curled, 

 ' like those of the Pomeranian race. This dog, 

 ' swimming after the boat, if his master merely 

 waved his hand, would cross the lake as often 

 as he pleased, carrying half his body and the 

 whole of his head and tail out of the water. 

 I "Wherever he landed he scoured all the long 

 I grass by the side of the lake, in search of wild 

 ' fowl, and came back to us, bringing wild ducks 

 ' in his mouth to tho boat; and then, having 

 delivered his prey to his master, he would 

 instantly set off again in search of more." 



These animals are also employed in a simib.- 

 capacity to that in which our Drover's dog ia 

 employed. They herd the reindeer. A gentle- 



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