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AUSTIIALIAN DOGS. 



no remains of the beast weru visiljle in tlic majority 

 of instances ; and crows mitl hawks ilo not devour 

 animals, bones and all, in this country.* The fol- 

 lowing anecdote proves that the ** dingos/* al- 

 tkotigli vifh&L ^m^ies s^inst them^ 



will, like the Chinese, dttaHid battle when num- 

 bers and chance of victory are on their side. A 

 native dog attacked a call', which was driveu bj 



* Tlic Au^itralian dog never barks ; and it is remarked by 

 Mr. Gardiner, in a work entitled die " Music of Nature," 



'^i(ba£^^ id a ^tite ^ jitetme ncv&t hstkt ^linef t^tn^f 



whine, liow l, and growl : this explosive noise is only found 

 among tliose which are domesticated* Somiini speaks ol' the 

 i^«^b«rd»* -diigR in the ivflds of "B^ypt lis cot tiftvlii^ tHs 



faculty; and CoUmibtis found the dogs which liu had i)rL\i- 

 ously carried to America, to have lost tlieir jpropcnsity to 



Isaiah compares the blind watehnien of Israel to these ani- 

 mals—* they are dumb, they caimot bark/ Uut, on the con- 

 trary, Bavid e0is|Him^ t]kft iiM«d hi& eamU^ Vy t^e ifogfi 

 found about the ci^* jEfence the barking of a tlog is an ac- 

 quired facuity^<-|Ui i9 speakr which he derives fron) his 

 assQciaiing yn&i iam. It cannot 1>6 idiltitrted, dogs In 



fliia.CSClfllttto'y Ijark more, mid fight less, than formerly. I'his 

 iStay :8<}00Uttted for by the civilizatbn of the iov\L r orders, 

 who have gained a higher taste in their sports and pustimes, 

 tlian badger-baitings and dog-fights; and it ma^ with truth 



be asserted, that the mareh of intellect tuis had its intiuenee 

 even upon the euniuc race, in destroying that natural ierocity 



for war fiudi (hAi^f tot the vt&M) k mw l^etttinore in 

 wtnHls diiiJi in Wows." 



