DOG KIND. 11 



in every country. And, in the first place, if we 

 examine those countries which are still savage, 

 or but half civilized, where it is most probable 

 the dog, like his master, has received but few 

 impressions from art, we shall find the shepherd's 

 dog, or one very like him, still prevailing amongst 

 them. The dogs that have run wild in America 

 and in Congo, approach this form. The dog of 

 Siberia, Lapland, and Iceland, of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, of Madagascar, Madura, Calicut, 

 and Malabar, have all a long nose, pricked ears, 

 and resemble the shepherd's dog very nearly. In 

 Guinea, the dog very speedily takes this form ; 

 for, at the second or third generation, the animal 

 forgets to bark, his ears and his tail become 

 pointed, and his hair drops off, while a coarser, 

 thinner kind comes in the place. This sort of 

 dog is also to be found in the temperate climates 

 in great abundance, particularly among those 

 who, preferring usefulness to beauty, employ an 

 animal that requires very little instruction to be 

 serviceable. Notwithstanding this creature's de- 

 formity, his melancholy and savage air, he is su- 

 perior to all the rest of his kind in instinct ; and, 

 without any teaching, naturally takes to tending 

 flocks, with an assiduity and vigilance that at 

 once astonishes, and yet relieves his master. 



In more polished and civilized places, the dog 

 seems to partake of the universal refinement; 

 and, like the men, becomes more beautiful, more 

 majestic, and more capable of assuming an edu- 

 cation foreign to his nature. The dogs of Al- 

 bania, of Greece, of Denmark, and of Ireland, 



