VIU. PREFACE. 



canine race are attended with success, I shall feel more 

 than amply rewarded for the labor I have bestowed on 

 the various subjects herein treated of. 



I have to acknowledge my obligations to my friend, 

 Mr. George Fleming, 2d Life Guards, for many valil- 

 able suggestions offered to me while the work was 

 passing through the press. 



J. W. H. 



Wolverhampton, 

 March 20, 1878. 



