COI^TEISTTS, 



Part I. The Dog in Health. 



PAOE 



The Origin and History of the Dog 1 



The Zoological Position of the Dog 6 



Anatomy of the Dog 6 



Variations 9 



The Animal Body 10 



Psychic Characteristics of the Dog 15 



Classification of Dogs 18 



Class I.— Wild and Half-Reclaimed Dogs, etc 19 



Standards 21 



Standards further considered 25 



Class II. — Dogs hunting chiefly by the Eye, etc. ... 34 



The English Greyhound , .34 



The Deerhound 36 



The Russian Wolfhound or Barzoi 37 



Class III. — Domesticated Dogs, hunting by Scent, which both 



find and kill their Game 38 



The Bloodhound 38 



The Foxhound 39 



The Harrier 41 



The Beagle 41 



The Otterhound 42 



The Bassethound 43 



The Dachshund 43 



The Great Dane 43 



The Terriers 45 



The Pox-terrier 48 



The Irish Terrier , . . 49 



The Black-and-tan Terrier . , 50 



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