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of the dog to his master first learnt, when the 

 wild dog was compelled to obey the leader of 

 the pack ? 



The keen sense of smell that enables a terrier 

 to gallop at break-neck speed on the track of a 

 rabbit, that enables the pointer to " nose " on the 

 air the scent of the hidden partridge, that 

 enables a bloodhound to track man by the 

 scent arising from his footsteps ; were not all 

 these wonderful powers of smell first impressed 

 on the race of wild dogs when their very ex- 

 istence depended on their keen and accurate 

 sense of smell ? 



Man has taken all these natural instincts and 

 trained them to be of service to him, until the 

 dog has become his close and useful companion. 



There are so many ways and habits in the 

 animals that are about you, that will interest 

 you, if you will only observe them with kindness 

 and sympathy in your heart. And the more 

 you know of them the more they will interest 

 you, and the greater will be your success in 

 rearing and keeping them. 



Different Breeds of Dogs. 



It would take far too much space in a short 

 Reader to describe all the different breeds of dogs. 



We can only briefly refer to those in most 

 general use in the country. 



