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It is among the Matins that the largest-sized Dogs are met 

 with. We may mention the ordinary Matin ; the Great Danish 

 Dog (Fig. 155), whose size almost equals that of the Ass, and 

 whose progenitors were probably those redoubtable Molossian 

 Dogs of the Epirus, so celebrated in antiquity ; the Danish Spotted 

 Dog; the Little Danish Dog; the different varieties of Grey- 



Fig 165.— Gasconj- Hounds. 



hound (Fig. 156); the Pyrenean Shepherd's Dog (Fig. 157), so 

 affectionate and intelligent; the Alpine Dog; and the Dog of 

 Mount St. Bernard. 



The Spaniels comprise the Wolf Dog; the Chinese Dog; the 

 Esquimaux Dog (Fig. 158), the Siberian Dog,— the two latter 

 being used in their habitat to draw sledges across the snow; 



