CONTENTS. 
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BOOK I. 
‘THE NATURAL HISTORY, ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, AND 
VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 
Origin—General Characteristics—Habitat—Varieties—F. Cuvier’s Divi- 
sional Arrangement—Arrangement adopted by the Author 
CHAPTER I. 
WILD AND HALF-RECLAIMED DOGS, HUNTING IN PACKS. 
The Dingo—The Dhole—The Pariah—The Wild Dog of Africa—The 
North and South American Dog—Other Wild Dogs 4 
CHAPTER IL 
DOMESTICATED DOGS, HUNTING CHIEFLY BY THE EYE, AND KILLING 
THEIR GAME FOR THE USE OF THEIR MASTERS. 
The Smooth English Greyhound—The Deerhound and Rough Greyhound 
—The Irish Greyhound or Wolf-Dog—The Gazehound—The French 
Matin—The Indian Hare- Dog—The Albanian Greyhound—The 
Grecian Greyhound—The Russian Greyhound—The Turkish Grey- 
hound—The Persian Greyhound—The Italian Greyhound 
CHAPTER III. 
DOMESTICATED DOGS, HUNTING BY THE NOSE, AND BOTH FINDING AND 
KILLING THEIR GAME; COMMONLY KNOWN SITHER AS HOUNDS 
OR TERRIERS. 
The Southern Hound—The Bloodhound—The Staghound—The Fox- 
hound—The Harrier—The Beagle—The Otterhound—The Great 
Dane—The Basset and other French Hounds—The Modern Basset 
Hound—The Dachshund—The Fox-Terrier (Rough and Smooth)— 
The Hard-Haired Scotch: Terrier—The Irish Terrier—The Welsh 
Terrier—The Skye Terrier—The Dandie Dinmont Terrier—The 
Smooth English Terriers—The Bedlington—The Halifax Blue Fawn 
or Yorkshire Terrier—The Airdale Terrier ‘ 3 
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