

THE DOG. 



English Setter. 



THE Dog has, in all ages and in all countries, been 

 esteemed as the peculiar friend and companion of 

 man: faithful to its trust, sincere in its attachments, 

 and docile and affectionate in its intercourse with its 

 master and the members of his family, this animal 

 has indeed a superior claim to this title, which, by 

 general consent, has been awarded to the species 

 generally. 



Few animals of the same family differ so essen- 

 tially from each other in size and appearance as the 

 several varieties of the dog tribe: the wolf, the fox, 

 and the jackal, are all included as belonging to the 

 same class of animals, and are all termed the canine 

 species ; yet while the wolf, the fox, and the jackal, 

 each present and retain their own peculiar similarity 

 of shape and character, the dog itself has branched 

 out into an almost innumerable variety, many of 

 them marked with as much peculiarity of character, 

 and dissimilarity of appearance, as if they were ani- 

 mals of a distinct and separate species. The mastiff, 

 the bull-dog, the greyhound, the harrier, and the 



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