THE DOG 



A Mexican Wild Dos;. 



Alpine Spaniel saving the life of a Child. 



An Irish Greyhound. 



The Spanish Pointer has long been naturalized in England. His head and snout are thick, his fur shor u , 

 smooth and glossy. He is easily trained. 



The Irish Greyhound, or Wolf Dog, is large and powerful, but harmless and indolent. His fur is smooth 

 and short. He was formerly employed in hunting wolves. 



The Italian Greyhound is a small and very elegant animal. 



The Alpine Spaniel, or St. Bernard's, is celebrated for his sagacity in discovering travellers buried in the 

 snow. The story of one of them saving the life of a child found perishing in the snows is only one of 

 hundreds of the same kind, well authenticated by the benevolent monks of the monastery of the Great St. 

 Bernard. 



Among the wild dogs is one variety found in America, another in Africa, and a third, called the Dingo, 

 in Australia. The Esquimaux Dog, used in drawing sledges, is more than half wild. 



The Beagle is the smallest kind of dog used in the chase, chiefly in hare hunting. 



The Bull Dog is lower than the mastiff; but more muscular; his head is round, his ears half pricked, his 

 snout blunt, his neck thick and short, and his under jaw projecting. 



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Cuban Blond Hound, female and young. 



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