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the spoil. But when education has perfected this 

 talent in the domestic dog; when he has been taught 

 by men to repress his ardour, to measure his motions, 

 and not to exhaust his force by too sudden an exer- 

 tion of it, h then hunts with method, and generally 

 with success. 



Although the wild dog, such as he was before he 

 cam under the protection of man, is at present ut- 

 terly unknown, no such animal being now to be 

 found in any part of the world, yet there are many 

 that, from a domestic state, have turned savage, and 

 entirely pursue the dictates of nature. In those de- 

 serted and uncultivated countries, where dogs are 

 found wild, they seem entirely to partake of the dis- 

 position of the wolf ; they unite in large hodies> and 

 attack the most formidable animals of the forest- 

 the cougar, the panther, and the bison. In America, 

 to which place they were originally brought by the 

 Europeans, and abandoned by their masters, they 

 have multiplied to such a degree, as to spread in 

 packs over some parts of those extensive continents, 

 and attack all other animals even man himself does 

 not pass without insult. In those places they are 

 treated in the same manner as all carnivorous ani- 

 mals, and killed as often as opportunities occur : not- 

 withstanding, they are easily tamed : when taken 

 home and treated with kindness, they quickly become 

 submissive and familiar, and continue faithfully at- 

 tached to their masters : different in this respect 

 froiu the fox and the wall, who, though takea ever so 



