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these adventitious mixtures ; bat we do not believe that anv of the established and 

 breeds of dogs are the result of sneh a pro There is. no doubt, a tendency to br* 



oat into varieties, implanted by natn - ~ell in dog other animals, and these varie* 



running m the . : has fnrnished for them, become fixed and permanent, 



most be ob* i Prichard, speaking of the climatic diff- I in the bah* of dogs, "that 



these as well as other traits in the breed of dogs have in the first place a relation to climate, but 

 have vet the character of permanent varieties, which remain f I *tioms constant and unde- 



-? perr/ianmt mrif 



Bit now arises another question : admitting that the dog is an original and distinct la 

 all dogs of the same species ? Are the silken lap-dog and the Cuban blood-hound of the same 

 parenta.- re the fox-hound that fellows by scent, and tine greyhound that fellows by sight : 



the sly lurcher and the frank Newfoundland dog; the submissive spaniel and the gruff mastiff; 

 J the terrier that hunts rats, and the bull-dog that pinions a boll ; the Dalmatian that struts behind 

 a coach, and the ear that tarns op his nose at all the world as he trudges behind a tinker ; — are 

 jtheae all of one spe Can we, by any process, conceive the grand and generous ally of the 



monks of St. Bernard to be of the same race as the impudent and spiteful pug that lives only to 

 !«uap at every strar . Can we conceive the sleek, long-leg;.- p - refill Italian g~ 



jiMund and the vulgar, woolly poodle to be broth 



These questions have been often pat and variously answered. The general conclusion is, alike 



tose who find the parentage of the dog in the wolf and those who assert its originality, that 



'be kinds of dogs are of one descent and one species. The diversities which u ■ form. 



color, instincts, and aptitudes, and even the differences of structure already alluded to, are 



.eld to he bat the results of that principle of variation and development which nature has 



"rorided for in many other instances, through the influence of climate and condition. 



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