VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 



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incisors nor canine teeth, and that the molars were reduced to one on each 

 side, the large tubercular tooth being the only one that was remaining. 

 At the scientific meeting of the Zoological Society, the same gentleman 

 stated, that he had examined the mouths of two individuals of the same 

 variety, then alive at the gardens, in both of which the teeth were remark- 

 ably deficient. In neither of them were there any false molars, and the 

 incisors in both were deficient in number. Before the age of four years the 

 tongue is usually disgustingly hanging from the mouths of these animals. 



THE ALPINE SPANIEL, OR BERNARDINE DOG, 



is a breed almost peculiar to the Alps, and to the district between Switzer- 

 land and Savoy. The passes over these mountains are exceedingly dan- 

 gerous from their steepness and narrowness. A precipice of many hundred 

 feet is often found on one side, and perpendicular rocks on the other, while 

 the path is glazed with frozen snow or ice. In many places the path is 

 overhung with huge masses of frozen snow, which occasionally loosen and 

 fall, when the dreadful storms peculiar to these regions suddenly come on, 

 and form an insurmountable barrier, or sweep away or bury the unfortunate 

 traveller. Should he escape these dangers, the path is now become track- 

 less, and he wanders amid the dreary solitudes until night overtakes him ; 



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