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varieties of the Dog, in order to show their similarity in 

 the length and shape of the muzzle and head. They are 

 from drawings of the respective animals from specimens 

 indigenous in Asia, Africa, and North and South America. 

 And it is worthy of observation, that, although the endless 

 domesticated varieties of this genus differ so materially 

 from each other, from the pointed nose of the Greyhound 

 to the truncated muzzle of the Bull Dog, the Wild Dog, 

 wherever it may be found, has the elongated jaws of the 

 Dingo, Dhole, and North and South American semi -barba- 

 rous breeds here portrayed, as well as that of the Wolf and 

 Fox. These may, therefore, be said to exhibit a sort of 

 average representation of the Wild Dog all over the world. 



The following brief sketches are of the most prominent 

 domesticated races proper to the division with an elon- 

 gated muzzle. 



The Albanian Dog has been noticed by historians, na- 

 turalists, and poets, ever since Europe first began to 

 be raised into consequence and importance. A super- 

 natural origin, and infallible powers, have been attri- 

 buted to it. Diana is said to have presented Procris with 

 a Dog, which was always sure of its prey ; together with a 

 dart, which never missed its aim, and always returned to 

 its owner. To the former the canine genealogists of anti- 

 quity attributed the origin of the celebrated race of the 

 south-east of Europe, particularly Molossus and Sparta. 

 The very fine breed of Dogs, now found very plentifully in 

 this corner of Europe, particularly in Albania, accords 

 with the descriptions existing of its progenitors, indigenous 

 in the same countries, and does not seem to have degenerated. 



They are as big as a Mastiff ; their thick fur is very long 

 and silky, generally of different shades of brown; their 

 tail is long and bushy ; the legs seem more calculated for 

 strength than excessive speed, being stouter and shorter 



