J 66 NOTES ON THE DOG T1UBE. 



think to the contrary,) that all herbaceous animals 

 are gregarious ; but that carnivorous ones, do not 

 come under that denomination. 



Packs of hounds are artificial ; being entirely 

 the work of civilized man ; and as man is endowed 

 with reason, he has it in his power to supply these 

 assembled dogs with food. But, supposing these 

 dogs had neither food nor commander? — In their 

 hunger, they would worry the flocks, and fight for 

 the plunder ; and when the flocks were all destroyed, 

 each dog would take off in a seperate direction, 

 for something more to eat. 



But, this is not the case with herbaceous 

 animals. Their food is always before them. Each 

 individual can have as much to eat as his compan- 

 ion; and we never see them quarrelling for a 

 choice morsel, as they wend their way, through 

 boundless tracks of pasturage Hence, the cattle 

 tribe can assemble in flocks, and graze the plain, 

 unmolested by each other ; whilst the dog would 

 not be safe from the fangs of his own father, over 

 the first shoulder of mutton which lay on the 

 ground under their noses. 



I have heard and read much of dogs and wolves 

 hunting in packs, — but believe it not. The very 

 appetite of a dog constitutes it a solitary animal in 

 its wild state. Let me ask the question : how 



