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smelling, are far more perfect ; the having gained,, 

 therefore, a new assistant, especially one whose scent 

 ie so exquisite as that of the dog, was the gaining a 

 new sense a new faculty, which before was wanting. 

 The machines and instruments which we have ima- 

 gined for perfecting the rest of the senses, do not ap- 

 proach to that already prepared by nature, by which 

 we are enabled to find out every animal, though un- 

 seen, and thus destroy the noxious, and use the ser- 

 viceable. 



The dog, thus useful in himself, taken into a par* 

 ticipation of empire, exerts a degree of superiority 

 over all animals that require human protection. The 

 flock and herd are even more obedient to his voice 

 than to that of the shepherd or the herdsman ; he 

 conducts them, guards them, and keeps them from 

 capriciously seeking danger ; and their enemies he 

 considers as his own; nor is he less useful in the pur- 

 suit, when the sound of the horn, or the voice of the 

 huntsman, calls him to the field he testifies his 

 pleasure by every little art, and pursues, with un- 

 wearied perseverance, those animals, which, when 

 taken, he must not expect to divide. The desire of 

 hunting is indeed natural in him, as well as in his 

 master, since war and the chase are the only employ- 

 ment of savages. All animals that live upon flesh, 

 hunt by nature : the lion and the tiger, whose force is 

 so great that they are sure to conquer , hunt alone, 

 and without art; while the wolf, the fox, and the 

 wild dog, hunt in packs, assist each other, and share 



