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with strangers. They are most valuable to the Indians, who live almost 

 entirely on the produce of the chace. In their native country they 

 never bark, but utter a whine and howl resembling that of the Esquimaux 

 dog ; yet one of the three, who was born a few days after its parents 

 arrived at the gardens, while it whined and howled occasionally with its 

 parents, at other times uttered the perfect bark of its companions of vari- 

 ous breeds around it. 



THE ALBANIAN DOG 



can be traced to a very remote period of history. Some of the old authors 

 speak of it as the dog which in the times of ancient mythology Diana pre- 

 sented to Procris. Pliny describes in enthusiastic terms the combat of 

 one of them with a lion, and afterwards with an elephant. A dog very 

 much resembling the ancient stories is yet found in Albania, and most of 

 the districts of Greece. He is almost as large as a mastiff, with long and 

 silky hair, the legs being shorter and stronger than those of the grey- 

 hound. He is gentle and tractable with those whom he knows, and when 

 there is no point of duty at stake ; but no bribe can seduce him from his 

 post when any trust is committed to him. 



THE GREAT DANISH DOG, CALLED ALSO THE DALMATIAN OR 

 SPOTTED DOG. 



The difference between these two breeds consists principally in the size, 

 the Dalmatian being much smaller than the Danish. The body is gene- 



