CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY, ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, AND VARIE- 

 TIES OF THE DOG. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Origin ; General Characteristics ; Habitats ; Varieties ; F. Cuvier's 

 Divisional Arrangement; Arrangement adopted by Stonehenge - 17 

 CHAPTER II. 



Wild and half-reclaimed Dogs, hunting in Packs ; The Dingo ; The 

 Dhole ; The Pariah ; The Wild Dog of Africa ; The South- Ameri- 

 can Dog ; The North American Dog ; Other Wild Dogs - - 27 

 CHAPTER HI. 



Domesticated Dogs Hunting Chiefly by the Eye and the Nose, 

 and Killing their Game for Man's use ; The Rough Scotch Grey- 

 hound and Deerhound; The Smooth or English Greyhound; 

 The Irish Greyhound, or Wolf-dog ; The French Matin ; The 

 Hare-Tr^ian Dog ; The Albanian Dog ; The Grecian Greyhound ; 

 The Turkish Greyhound ; The Persian Greyhound ; The Russian 

 Greyhound ; The Italian Greyhound ; The Bloodhound ; The 

 Foxhouud; The Harrier; The Beagle; The Otterhound, The 



Terrier ; The Dachshund ... 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



Domesticated Dogs, finding game by scent, but not killing it, being 

 chiefly used in aid of the gun ; The Modern English Pointer ; 

 The Portuguese Pointer ; The French Pointer ; The Dalmatian 

 and Danish Dogs ; The English and Irish Setters ; The Russian 

 Setter; The Ordinary Field Spaniel, including the Springer 

 (Clumber, Sussex, and Norfolk breeds), and the Cocker (Welsh 

 and Devonshire) ; The Water Spaniel (English and Irish) ; The 



Chesapeake Bay Dog ..--88 



CHAPTER V. 



Pastoral Dogs, and those used for the purposes of draught ; The 

 English Sheep-Dog ; The Colley ; The German Sheep-Dog ; Pom- 

 eranian or Spitz Dog; The Newfoundland and Labrador Dogs ; 

 The Esquimaux Dog; The Greenland Dog. - 13 

 CHAPTER VI. 



Watch Dogs ; House Dogs, and Toy Dogs ; Bulldog ; English Mas- 

 tiff; Mount St. Bernard; Thibet Dog; Poodle; Maltese Dog; 

 Lion Dog ; Shock Dog ; Toy Spaniels ; Toy Terriers ; The 

 Pug Dog ; Italian Greyhound. ....... 141 



CHAPTER VII. 



Crossed Breeds. Retriever ; Bull-Terrier - 163 



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