ANIMALS OF THE 



proportion, more strongly made, and covered with 

 hair instead of fur. There are many internal dis- 

 tinctions also; as in the intestines, which are 

 much longer in the dog kind than in those of the 

 cat ; the eye is not formed for night vision j and 

 the olfactory nerves are diffused, in the dog 

 kinds, upon a very extensive membrane within 

 the skull. 



If we compare the natural habitudes of this 

 class with the former, we shall find that the dog 

 kinds are not so solitary as those of the cat, but 

 love to hunt in company, and encourage each 

 other with their mutual cries. In this manner 

 the dog and the jackall pursue their prey ; and 

 the wolf and fox, which are of this kind, though 

 more solitary and silent among us, yet in coun- 

 tries where less persecuted, and where they can 

 more fearlessly display their natural inclinations^ 

 they are found to keep together in packs, and 

 pursue their game with alternate howlings. 



Animals of the dog kind want some of the ad- 

 vantages of the cat kind, and yet are possessed 

 of others in which the latter are deficient. Upon 

 observing their claws, it will easily be perceived 

 that they cannot, like cats, pursue their prey up 

 the sides of a tree, and continue the chase among 

 the branches ; their unmanageable claws cannot 

 stick in the bark, and thus support the body up 

 along the trunk, as we see the cat very easily 

 perform : whenever, therefore, their prey flies up 

 a tree from them, they can only follow it with 

 their eyes, or watch its motions till hunger again 

 brings it to the ground. For this reason, the 



