CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY, ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, AND 

 VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 



INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



Origin — General Characteristics — Habitat — Varieties — F. Cuvier's 

 Divisional Arrangement — Arrangement adopted by the Author 



CHAPTER I. 



WILD AND HALF-RECLAIMED DOGS, HUNTING IN PACKS. 



The Dingo— The Dhole— The Pariah— The Wild Dog of Africa— The 



North, and South American Dogs — Other Wild Dogs . . • 1 3 



CHAPTER II. 



DOMESTICATED DOGS, HUNTING CHIEFLY BY THE EYE, AND KILLING 

 THEIR GAME FOR THE USE OF THEIR MASTERS. 



The Smooth English Greyhound — The Deerhound and Rough Greyhound 

 — The Irish Greyhound or Wolf-Dog — The Gazehound — The French 

 Matin — The Hare-Indian Dog — The Albanian Greyhound — The 

 Grecian Greyhound — The Russian Greyhound — The Turkish Grey- 

 hound — The Persian Greyhound — The Italian Greyhound . . 19 



