Fig. 1. THE WOLF. 



CHAPTER I. 



DRIGIN. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. HABITAT. VARIETIES. F. 

 CUVIER'S DIVISIONAL ARRANGEMENT. ARRANGEMENT ADOPTED Bt 

 "STONEHENGE." 



From the earliest times we have reason to believe that the dog 

 has been the faithful companion and assistant of man hi all parts 

 of the world, and his fidelity and attachment are so remarkable 

 as to have become proverbial. Before the introduction of agricul- 

 ture, it was by means of the hunting powers of this animal that 

 man was enabled to support himself by pursuing the wild denizens 

 of the forest ; for though now, with the aid of gunpowder, he can 

 \n great measure dispense with the services of his assistant, yet, 

 until the invention of that destructive agent, he was, in default of 

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