DOG. ^287 
der the Dog, in his savage state^ a formidable 
enemy to all other animals : but these readily give 
way to very diiferent qualities in the domestic dog, 
whose only ambition seems the defire to please. 
He is seen to come crouching along, to lay his 
force, his courage, and all his useful talents, at the 
feet of his master. He waits his orders, to which 
he pays implicit obedience : he consults his looks, 
and a single glance is sufficient to put him in 
motion : he is more faithful even than the most 
boasted among men: he is constant in his affec- 
tions, friendly v^dthout interest, and grateful for 
the slightest favours: much more mindful of be- 
nefits received than of injuries offered: he is not 
driven off by unkindness; he still continues hum- 
ble, submissive, and imploring: his only hope is 
to be serviceable; his only terror to displease: he 
hcks the hand that lias been just lifted to strike 
him, and at last disarms resentment by submissive 
perseverance. More tractable than man, and 
more pliant than any other animal, the dog is not 
only soon instructed, but even conforms himself to 
the manners, movements, and habits of those who 
govern him. He assumes the very tone of the fa- 
mily in which he lives. Like other servants, he 
is haughty with the great, and rustic with the 
peasant. iVlways eager to obey and to please his 
master, or his friends, he pays no attention to 
strangers, and furiously repels beggars, whom he 
distinguishes by their dress, their voice, and their 
gestures. When the charge of a house or garden 
is committed to him during the, night, his bold- 
