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come the hound, the pointer, and the terrier, 

 which do not differ between themselves ex- 

 cept in size and the proportions of the limbs. 

 The greyhound is more lank, and its frontal si- 

 nuses are small and its scent more feeble. The 

 shepker^s-dog and the wolf-dog resume the 

 straight ears of the wild dogs, but with a 

 greater development of the brain, which pro- 

 ceeds increasing, with a proportionate degree 

 of intelligence in the barbet and the spaniel. 

 The bull-dog, on the other hand, is remarkable 

 for the shortness and vigour of its jaws. The 

 small chamber-dogs, the pugs, spaniels, shock- 

 dogs, &c, are the most degenerate productions, 

 and constitute the most striking marks of that 

 power which man exercises over nature. 



The dog is born with the eyes closed. He 

 opens them the tenth or twelfth day. His 

 teeth begin to change in the fourth month, and 

 his growth terminates at two years of age. The 

 female goes with young sixty-three days, and 

 brings forth from six to a dozen young ones. 

 The dog is old at five years, and seldom lives 

 more than twenty. The vigilance, the bark, the 

 singular mode of copulation of this animal, and 

 his striking susceptibility of a varied education, 

 are universally known. 



The Wolf. (Cards Lupus, L.) Buff. VII. i. 

 A large species with a straight tail; fur of a 

 grayish fawn colour, with a black streak on the 

 fore-limbs of the adults. It is the most mis- 



