4 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Gervase Markham and Nicholas Cox, in the works they publish, allude chiefly to sporting 

 dogs and their functions, at the same time making the smallest allusion to such varieties as 

 did not enter into their sports. The writings of these authors cannot therefore be considered 

 as standard works on the dog, nor do they apparently profess to be so. 



Since the time of Linnaeus several of the above varieties have apparently ceased to exist, 

 while others have become amalgamated with each other, but it is still evident that many 

 breeds alluded to by the Swedish naturalist arc the originators of similar varieties in exist- 

 ence at the present day. 



In Daniel's " Book of Rural Sports," published in the early part of the present century 

 a subdivision of British dogs into the three following sections appears : A. The most 

 generous kinds ; B. Farm Dogs ; C. Mongrels. Of these the former is again subdivided into 

 three subdivisions viz., (i) Dogs of chase; (2) Fowlers; (3) Lap-dogs; in fact, the classifi- 

 cation of Dr. Caius is exactly carried out by the writer. 



Daniel's work also reproduces a very curious genealogical table of the different races of 

 dogs which Buffbn drew up, in which all are described as originating from the Sheep-dog. 

 This theory scarcely demands contradiction ; but we append the table, which is of considerable 

 interest as representing the ideas of that great naturalist. 



FIG. i. BUFFON'S GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF TIIF DIFFERENT RACES OF DOGS. 



