DOMESTIC DOGS. 



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Pariah dogs in (3ther countries are very similar in manners to tiie above, but 

 in Constantinople and most Indian cities they liabitually frequent the streets, and 

 are as habitually ill-used by the passers-by. In Siam and some other Buddhist 

 countries they are, however, specially protected by the lamas, or priests, and are 

 allowed to use the temples as places of refuge: but the food supply of these 

 dogs is of the scantiest, and their appearance is consequentlj' miserable in the 

 extreme. 

 Engiisii Grey- With this breed we come to the first member of the second main 



Hound. group of dogs, all of wliich are characterised by their long and 

 narrow muzzles, their .slight build, elongated limbs, and small eai-s, falling at the 



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EKGLISH GKEYHOUND (A uat. size). 



tips ; but they differ greatly in the length of the hair. They are further characterised 

 by their habit of hunting either entirely or partially by sight, instead of hy scent. 



The long slender skull of the greyhound points to close affinity with the 

 wolf, and this group of dogs is, tlierefore, placed here. The English greyhound, 

 which is of gi-eat antiquity, has indeed been i-egarded by some as the ancestral 

 stock of all our domestic breeds of dogs, but this is more than doubtful. It 

 maj- be so readily distinguished at a glance from all other dogs by its general 

 slender form, smooth hair, and rat like tail, coupled with its comparatively large 



