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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Canes. 



ViLLATICT. 



Pastorales. 



I 



PUGNACES. 



I 



Venatici. 



I 



Sagaces. 



1 



Celeres. 



So simple a classification as this might have done very well 

 at that period, when the number of breeds then known was 

 comparatively few. At the present day, of course, it would be 

 quite inapplicable. 



If we look at the classification of Dr. Caius, the author of a 

 well-known Latin treatise on English Dogs, composed in 1576 

 at the request of his friend Conrad Gesner, and translated into 

 English by one Abraham Fleming, we shall find that although it 

 brings us nearer to the present day by taking in certain breeds 

 which were unnoticed because unknown to the Romans, it is 

 nevertheless at the present time more curious than useful: — 



Englishk 



DOGGES. 



Generous, or 

 Thorobred. 



Hounde. 



Hunting. 



Hawking and 

 Fowling. 



Delicate. 



Country. 



Degenerate. 



ITerrar. 

 Harrier. 

 Bloudhouude. 



Gasehounde. 

 Grehounde. 

 Leviner. 

 Tumbler. 



Spaniel. 

 ■ Setter. 

 VVatcr Spaniel. 



I Spaniel Gentle. 



Sliepherdes Dogge. 

 Mastive, or Ban- 

 dogge. 



IWappe, or Warner. 

 Turnespete. 

 Dauncer. 



According to Prof. Fitzinger,* there are at least 185 distinct 

 varieties of the domestic dog, and considering that the origin of 



- Fitzinger, ' Der Hund und seine Kacen,' 187G. Prof. Fitzinger's classi- 

 fication is — (1). House Dogs, Domestici, 48; (2). Spaniels, Extrarii, 30; 

 (3). Terriers, Feriragri, 12 ; (4). Hounds, /Sag-aces, 35 ; (5). Mastiffs, ilfoZos«i, 

 19; (6). Greyhounds, Leporarii, 35; (7). Hairless Dogs, Carabeei, 6; 

 Total, 185. 



