ANIMALS OF THE 



ing the rest of the senses, do not approach to 

 that already prepared by nature, by which we 

 are enabled to find out every animal, though un- 

 seen, and thus destroy the noxious, and use the 

 serviceable. 



The dog, thus useful in himself, taken into a 

 participation of empire, exerts a degree of supe- 

 riority over all animals that require human pro- 

 tection. The flock and the herd obey his voice 

 more readily even than that of the shepherd or 

 the herdsman ; he conducts them, guards them, 

 keeps them from capriciously seeking danger, and 

 their enemies he considers as his own. Nor is he 

 less useful in the pursuit : when the sound of the 

 horn, or the voice of the huntsman, calls him to 

 the field, he testifies his pleasure by every little 

 art, and pursues with perseverance those animals 

 which, when taken, he must not expect to divide. 

 The desire of hunting is indeed natural to him as 

 well as to his master, since war and the chase are 

 the only employment of savages. All animals 

 that live upon flesh hunt by nature ; the lion and 

 the tiger, whose force is so great that they are 

 sure to conquer, hunt alone, and without art; 

 the wolf, the fox, and the wild dog, hunt in packs, 

 assist each other, and partake the spoil. But 

 when education has perfected this talent in the 

 domestic dog, when he has been taught by man 

 to repress his ardour, to measure his motions, and 

 not to exhaust his force by too sudden an exer- 

 tion of it, he then hunts with method, and always 

 with success. 



