104 THIRD DIVISION OF THE VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 



had been bitten under somewhat suspicious circumstances. He submitted 

 without a cry or a struggle, and seemed to be perfectly aware that we 

 should not put him to pain without having some good purpose in view. 



A third species of terrier is of a considerably larger bulk, and three or 

 four inches taller than either of the others. Its hair is shorter than that 

 of the other breeds, and is hard and wiry. 



THE SHOCK-DOG 



is traced by Buffon, but somewhat erroneously, to a mixture of the small 

 Danish dog and the pug. The head is round, the eyes large, but some- 

 what concealed by its long and curly hair, the tail curved and bent 

 forward. The muzzle resembles that of the pug. It is of a small size, 

 and is used in this country and on the Continent as a lap-dog. It is very 

 properly described by the author of " The Field Book" as a useless little 

 animal, seeming to possess no other quality than that of a faithful attach- 

 ment to his mistress. 



THE ARTOIS DOG, 



with his short, flat muzzle, is a produce of the shock-dog and the pug. He 

 has nothing peculiar to recommend him. 



THE ANDALUSIAN, OR ALICANT DOG, 

 has the short muzzle of the pug with the long hair of the spaniel. 



THE EGYPTIAN AND BARBARY DOG, 



according to Cuvier, has a very thick and round head, the ears erect at 

 the base, large and moveable, and carried horizontally ; the skin nearly 

 naked, and black or dark-flesh colour, with large patches of brown. A 

 sub-variety has a kind of mane behind the head, formed of long stiff hairs. 

 Buffon imagines that the shepherd's dog transported to different cli- 

 mates, and acquiring different habits was the ancestor of the various species 

 with which almost every country abounds ; but whence they originally 

 came it is impossible to say. They vary in their size, their colour, their 

 attitude, their usual exterior, and their strangely different interior con- 

 struction. Transported into various climates, they are necessarily sub- 

 mitted to the influence of heat and cold, and of food more or less abundant 

 and more or less suitable to their natural organization ; but the reason or 

 the derivation of these differences of structure it is not always easy to 

 explain. 



