ORDER V. THE CAHNIVORA. G9 



I)laok St. Hubert's can be distiii^uislicd, tlioiiiili no longer prominent, as 

 thev were less esteemed. Tiie mixture siniws, that the system of eouples, 

 or niatehcs of dittcrent colored and lired dnn-s, was still in force. 



In l.")')li a print was published at Cadiz, cif a. dog then recently brought 

 from India. The form of the animal shows an intermediate between ;i 

 (irevhonnd and a Hound, having a light but strong frame, a deep chest, 

 and the head shorter than the iirst named, but with small, half dejected 

 ears. It came, most likely, fmrn a breed belonging to the ^lohamniedau 

 princes of the west coast, and may be the origin of Cutfon's name of 

 " Brttqae de Bengale" although we would be intdined to regard it as the 

 parent of the cross which produced the Dalmatian, or our present Coach 

 Dog, being white in color, and entirely covered with small, black spots. 



From this succinct history we learn that dogs have been the companions 

 of man from the beginning; that the moral, intellectual, and domestic (piali- 

 ties they manifest are innate, nut accpiired, and that they have increased in 

 docility, and been improved by education in the same proportion as man 

 himself; in other words, that the progressive development of the dog 

 keeps pace with that of human civilization. 



ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF TIIE INTELLIGENCE AND DOMESTIC 

 IIAIUTS OF THE CANID.E. 



In considering the numerous anecdotes which have been collected in 

 regard to the dog, and furnishing so many proofs of his sagacity and fore- 

 sight, we may well ask, Who can decide where instinct ends, and reason 

 begins, in the actuating motive of this noble animal? His attachment to 

 his master is proverbial ; his fleetness, docility, and endurance have passed 

 into a proverb, and his usefulness has hmg been an established fict. In 

 nearly every country the sagacity and fidelity of the dog have made him 

 the friend and companion of man, and the cheerful partaker of his for- 

 tunes. In the j)ursuit of the chase, and in the avocations of more domestic 

 life, he has ever been the attendant of the human species, and scarcely any 

 other animal has been made more useful, or been employed to better advan- 

 tage. Anecdotes of his courage and instinctive reasonings abound ti> an 

 unlimited extent, and volumes might be added to those heretofore given 

 on these points. 



The Doo of Rue St. Denis, Paris. — M. Dumont, a tradesman of 

 the Kue St. Denis, Paris, otlered to lay a wager with a friend, that, if he 

 were to hide a six-livre piece in the dust, his dog would discover and bring 

 it to him. The wager was accepted, and the piece of money secreted, after 

 being carefully marked. 



