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and Nineveh testify, upon the ruins of which we see different 
varieties of this animal depicted or sculptured, as also from the 
various allusions in Scripture to its habits. In the earliest 
or Pantheistic age of Egypt, the Dog was deified ; but in 
other nations it was allowed to prowl the streets unowned 
and uncared for, which would militate against any supposed 
change in its character from domestication in remote ages. 
The strongest argument, however, I conceive, (independent 
of anatomical peculiarities,) against the Dog being only an 
animal altered by circumstances, and originally descended 
from the Wolf or Hyaena, is the fact, that all these animals 
are separately and accurately, as regards their habits, 
described in the Sacred Writings ; and, consequently, were 
at that early period in the world's history as distinct and 
well known as at present. 
It is also worthy of remark, that in every part of the globe 
where man exists, the Dog is his associate, and in some 
instances even more docile than his master, as we find is the 
case in the species, or variety inhabiting New Holland, where 
the natives are the most brutal of the human family. The 
Dog, therefore, having existed as a species as early, if not 
anteriorly to the human era, there does not appear any 
plausible reason why its remains should not occur in the 
superficial deposits, as well as those of its contemporaries 
the Hyaena and Wolf, which are distinctly identified and 
allowed to be fossil, especially when the latter is known to 
have inhabited this country as late as the 17th century. 
With regard to the Sheep, however, the evidence is not so 
conclusive, but that it has been derived from some other 
allied species is more than probable, from the fact, that in 
no country in the known world does the Sheep exist wild 
with its present characters. That the period of its domesti- 
cation is, however, very remote, is evident from the circum- 
