Chapter XLII. 



'RACES OF' ZDOO-S (003iT , riiT-crEZ3). 



The Shepherd Dog — Incidents Illustrating His Sagacity — The Esquimau 

 Dog— The Danish Dog — The Bull-Dog— The Brutality of Dog-Fighting 

 —The Greyhound— The Blood-Hound — Illustrations op His Intelli- 

 gence — The Terrier — The Setter — The Dachshund — Pet Dogs. 

 THE SHEPHERD DOG.— From a more especially utilitarian 

 point of view, the Shepherd Dog (Fig. 1389) may be pronounced 

 the most valuable animal of the canine species. He preserves 



Pig. 1389.— Shepherd Dog. 



his peculiar aspect in almost every country in Europe and America. 

 He is always compactly built, with no superabundance of flesh or* 



