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The Wolf, from a specimen in the Zoological Gardens, 
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 
Origin—General Characteristics—Habitat—Varieties—F. Cuvier’s Divisional 
Arrangement—Arrangement adopted by the Author. 
From the earliest times we have reason to believe that the dog has 
been the faithful companion and assistant of man in all parts of 
the world, and his fidelity and attachment are so remarkable as to 
have become proverbial. Before the introduction of agriculture, it 
was by means of the hunting powers of this animal that man was 
enabled to support himself by pursuing the wild denizens of the 
forest ; for though now, with the aid of gunpowder, he can in great 
measure dispense with the services of his assistant, yet, until the 
invention of that destructive agent, he was, in default of the dog, 
reduced to the bow and arrow, the snare, or the pitfall, The dog 
