DOG KIND. 13 



The Hound, the Harrier, and the Beagle, seem 

 all of the same kind ; for although the bitch is 

 covered but by one of them, yet in her litters are 

 found puppies resembling all the three. This 

 animal, transported into Spain or Barbary, where 

 the hair of all quadrupeds becomes soft and long, 

 will be there converted into the land spaniel, and 

 the water spaniel, and these of different sizes. 



The Grey Matin Hound, which is in the se- 

 cond branch, transported to the North, becomes 

 the Great Danish Dog ; and this, sent into the 

 South, becomes the greyhound, of different sizes. 

 The same transported into Ireland, the Ukraine, 

 Tartary, Epirus, and Albania, becomes the great 

 wolf-dog, known by the name of the Irish wolf- 

 dog. 



The Mastiff, which is the third branch, and 

 chiefly a native of England, when transported 

 into Denmark, becomes the little Danish dog; 

 and this little Danish dog, sent into the tropical 

 and warm climates, becomes the animal called 

 the Turkish dog, without hair. All these races, 

 with their varieties, are produced by the influence 

 of climate, joined to the different food, education, 

 and shelter, which they have received among 

 mankind. All other kinds may be considered as 

 mongrel races, produced by the concurrence of 

 these, and found rather by crossing the breed 

 than by attending to the individual. " As these 

 are extremely numerous, and very different in 

 different countries, it would be almost endless to 

 mention the whole ; besides, nothing but expe- 

 rience can ascertain the reality of these conjee- 



