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SCOTT'S DELINEATIONS OF THE HORSE AND DOG. 



Beautifully printed in 4to. embellished with l-'orty highly -finished Copper- 

 Plate Engravings, and numerous Wood-Cuts, 

 Part I. and II. price 5$. each, of 



THE SPORTSMAN'S REPOSITORY, comprising a Series 

 of highly-finished Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog, in all 

 their Varieties, accompanied with a Comprehensive Historical and Syste- 

 matic Description of the different Species of each, their appropriate uses, 

 Management, Improvement, &c ; interspers d with interesting Anec- 

 dotes of the most celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their owners; like- 

 wise a great Variety of Practical Information on Training, and the 

 Amusements of the Field. By the Author of " British Field-Sports." 



It would be ditiicult to imagine any selection from the great storehouse 

 of Nature more likely to merit general attention, or to excite general 

 interest, than the one to which we now invite Public Notice. Of all 

 the animals in Creation, (with the exception of those which minister to 

 our carnivorous appetites,) it would be impossible to name two which 

 are so intimately associated with our wants, our pleasures, and our at- 

 tachments, as the HORSE and the DOG. To the former we are indebted 

 for the power of transporting ourselves from place to place, with speed 

 and comfort, and for the means of participating in the manly and health- 

 ful Sports of the Field ; while the labours of Agriculture, and the pur- 

 suits of Commerce, are no less indebted to it for increased activity and 

 productiveness. 



But it is not on this ground alone that it aspires to patronage. It takes 

 a wider range, and, by including in its design, the history, the quali- 

 ties, and the different breeds of the Doc that half-reasoning friend and 

 companion of man it enlarges its cla.ms to general reception. Who is 

 there that has not, at some period of his life, acknowledged the influence 

 of an attachment between himself and his dog ? Who is there thai does 

 not recognize in this faithful, vigilant, sagacious, humble, and silent 

 friend, the possessor of qualities, which are not always to be found in 

 the human and more talkative friend ? 



It is only necessary furthec to observe, that the literary execution and 

 graphic embellishment of this work ae not unworthy of the subjects 

 delineated. With respect to the latter, the Proprietors confidently 



