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CLASS MAMMALIA. 



personal attachment, but is alike delighted with all who 

 notice him. 



The Scotch Greyhound has long, curling, stiffish hair, ge- 

 nerally white, inclining to a reddish-brown tinge. It is also 

 called the Wiry-haired Greyhound. 



The Russian Greyhound has also long and bushy hair. 

 The tail forms a spiral curl. 



The Italian Greyhound. The Turkish Greyhound. These 

 are small varieties of this group, which are very timid, 

 and seem to suffer much from the cold of this part of 

 Europe. The former is either white or sable-coloured. The 

 latter has the akin nearly naked. 



These which next follow, are included in the second sub- 

 division of the Dogs of Mr. F. Cuvier, before alluded to. 



The Shepherd's Dog. (Canis>Domesticus. L.) This well- 

 known animal is covered with long shaggy hair, and has 

 little personal beauty to recommend it. The colour is, in 

 general, varied black and gray. The ears, unlike those of 

 most of the domesticated varieties, are short and erect ; and 

 the tail, which is bushy, is sometimes found directed horizon- 

 tally, or even pendent, but more generally a little curved. 



The peculiar and eminently-useful services of this variety 

 to the shepherd, appear almost to arise from an intuitive dis- 

 position in the animal, rather than from laboured training ; 

 at least, there is an astonishing aptness exhibited by it in 

 acquiring its lesson ; with an apparent interest, patient 

 perseverance, and courageous fidelity, accompanied by a 

 discriminating sagacity in the performance of its task, 

 when acquired, as notorious as it is surprising. 



This breed is confined to the temperate and southern 

 parts of Europe ; and in England there are two varieties 

 of it : first, the Shepherd's Dog, properly speaking, or that 

 which is the usual attendant on the flocks while in their pas- 



