DIVISIONAL ARRANGEMENT OF DOGS. n 



above the line of the upper cheek teeth. Cranium smaller in 

 this group than in the first and second, in consequence of its 

 peculiar formation. 



Skull of Mastiff. 



Sect. g. Watch dogs, which have no propensity to hunt, but are 

 solely employed in the defence of man or his pro- 

 perty. Examples : the mastiff, the bulldog, the pug 

 dog, &c. 



As before remarked, this division is on the whole founded on 

 natural laws, but there are some anomalies which we shall en- 

 deavour to remove. For instance, the greyhound is quite as 

 ready to hunt in packs as any other hound, and is only prevented 

 from doing so by the hand of his master. The same restraint 

 keeps him from using his nose, or he could soon be nearly as 

 good with that organ as with the eye. So also Cuvier defines 

 his sixth section as " having an inclination to chase and point 

 Urds," whereas they have as great, and often a greater, desire for 

 hares and rabbits. Bearing, therefore, in mind these trifling 

 defects, we shall consider the dog under the following heads : — 



Chap. I. Wild and half-reclaimed dogs, hunting in packs. 



