THE DOG. 
fluence of food and climate does not end here, 
"fhe hound, transported into Spain or Bar- 
assumes, like most of the indigenous 
Sl’Jadrupeds of those countries, a coat of long 
soft hair, and descends into the land or water 
spaniel. On the other hand, the grey matin, 
transferred into the north, in a few genera- 
tions becomes the great Danish dog ; but set- 
tled in the south, establishes greyhound breeds 
pf many varieties. But transport the matin 
into Ireland, the Ukraine, Tartary, Epirus, 
Albania, and he is converted into that great 
^ild dog, perhaps the most majestic of the 
species, called the Irish wolf-dog, of which only 
two or three individuals are said to be now ex- 
isting in British isles. Our limits forbid 
attempt to enumerate all the different spe- 
eies of dogs, or to describe the characteristic 
^aiks by which each is distinguished : we must 
^erefore confine our remarks to those kinds 
w ich the artist has selected for delineation. 
