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liave tlie .skull very like tlie former ; stature ijcncrallv verv large ; fur short ; 

 instinct of watching; moderate saga(-ity and power of smelling; are not 

 very docile ; have ears erect, or partly turned down. Inlial)itetl originally 

 the temperate zone of tlu^ northern hemisphere. To this di\ision Ijelong 

 the Turkman ^\'ateh Dog; tlie Suliot AVatch an<l linai-liiMuid (('. Snil- 

 h's) \ tlie Molossian Dog; tiie Danish Dog ( ('. (,7iiitriis) ; the Matin 

 Dog (C. LrdiiKrins) ■, the Cattle Dog of Cuba; the Primiti\e Lurcher ; 

 the Native Indian Carrier Dog; the Teciiiehi ; the A\'olf Dog of Florida; 

 the Dog of the North American Indians. 



Section III. IlrxTixo Docs: the GnEYiioiNns (Canr-a V<n>ittici). 

 — Have skulls like the former. Imt the plane of the head more rectilinear; 

 stature high; chest deep; loins arched; alidomen drawn u]) ; tail long 

 and slender; ears small, jiointcd, mostly turned hack and down; small 

 powers of scent ; little sagacity and personal attachment ; great swiftness ; 

 color white, Mack, and slaty ; they hunt hy the sight. Inhabited origi- 

 nally the temperate and warm zones of the northern hemisphere of the old 

 continent to the tropics. The races with long fur arc the I5rinjarce Dog 

 of India ; tlie Persian Cire}hound ; the ^Vrahian ISedouccn ; tlie Prussian 

 and Turkish (ire^hound {C(n/is /lirsiitas) ; the Scottish Greyhound ( C 

 tScoticwt) ; the Irish Hound, largest of all (C. llibrrnicKs) •. the Greek 

 Greyhound ( C. Grains). The races with smooth fur are the Turkish 

 Long-earcil ; the Egyptian Smooth Greyhound : the P)edouecn Acaha 

 Cireyhound ; tlie Italian Crrcyhound ( C. Jluliciis) \ and the P>ritish 

 Gi-cyhoimd ((_'. h'porarius) . The mongrel races are the Present Liu'cher 

 {(J. r('ii(/rpi.y) ; the Egyptian Street Dog; the Hairless I>og, and the 

 Turkish Naked Dog. 



Sectiox I\'. The IIoi'xds {Canes sar/arrs). — Skidl moderately 

 elongated ; jiarictals not apjiroximating, l)ut expanding, admitting a larger 

 development of l>rain; cars roimded, jiendulous ; great olfactory jiower ; 

 great sagacity ; middle statia-e ; strong and elasticallv shaped ; tail turned 

 up; livery white and Ijrown in spots, or white and lilack. Inhaliit tem- 

 perate regions of the old ccMitinent. Races with short fur arc the follow- 

 ing : The Bloodhound [Cam's s(tn(ji(inariits) ; the Oriental IP)und ; the 

 Talbot ; the old Southern Hound ; the Staghound ; the Foxhound ; the 

 Harrier; the Beagle; the Turnspit; the Burgos; the I)almatian, or 

 Coach Dog, and the Pointer (C. aricuJariits). Races with longer fur are 

 the Setter ((_'. hirlcx) ; the Spaniel (C. <'.r/r(/n'i(s) ; the Springer; 

 King Charles's Spaniel; the Cocker; the Pdenheim ; the Maltese (C. 

 Jlclitensis) ; the Water Dog, or Poodle ( C. (i</ualic/is) ; the Little Bar- 

 bet ; the Grifibn, and the Lion Dog. 



Section V. The Cur Dons ( Canes donieslici). — Head round ; muz- 

 zle pointed ; eyes large, prominent ; ears erect; stature below the middle 

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