NOTES ON THE DOG TRIBE. 



" CANIBUSQUE SAGACIOR ANSER." 



The above quotation informs us, that the Roman 

 poet Ovid, evidently considered the goose to be 

 superior in sagacity to the dog. We, wiser in our 

 generation, have been taught otherwise ; — for when 

 a man cannot exactly comprehend our meaning, 

 we lose temper, and call him a goose. But when 

 ajman shews brain in ferreting out a dubious case, 

 we declare that he has the sagacity of a hound* 

 It appears then, in our times, that as far as 

 sagacity is concerned, the dog is superior to the 

 goose. 



I propose not to give a detailed account of the 

 dog family, even were it in my power, and I had 

 the time to spare ; because this family is most 

 numerous, whilst its varieties may be considered 

 as nearly endless. 



My object is to treat the subject] incidentally ; 

 avoiding the introduction of hard names, and 



