CARNIVORA. 
Procris with a dog, which was always sure of its 
prey; together with a dart, which never missed its 
aim, and always returned to its owner. To the former 
the canine genealogists of antiquity attributed the 
origin of the celebrated race of the south-east of 
Europe, particularly Molossus and Sparta. The very 
fine breed of dogs, now found very plentifully in this 
corner of Europe, particularly in Albania, accords 
with the descriptions existing of its progenitors, in- 
digenous in the same countries, and does not seem to 
have degenerated. 
They are as big as a mastiff; their thick fur 
is very long and silky, generally of different shades 
of brown ; their tail is long and bushy ; the legs 
seem more calculated for strength than excessive 
speed, being stouter and shorter than those of the 
greyhounds ; their head and jaws are elongated, and 
the nose is pointed. 
THE FRENCH MATIN. LE CHIEN MATIN. 
Canis Laniarius. L. 
The French writers seem to consider this variety 
or breed as the most important of the race, and as the 
progenitor of many others ; the reason for which is not 
very apparent, unless it is, that a venial patriotism 
is apt to decide in favour of our own country, when 
certainty and truth are unattainable. Mr. Pennant 
