21 
THE DOG. 
Among all the species of quadrupeds with 
'''hich the earth is peopled, none has rendered 
ttiore important services to man than the dog. 
of the first, if not the very first, that he 
to be his companion, the dog has assisted 
to subdue the more powerful races of 
domestic animals to his will, and to repress 
ravages of the ferocious inhabitants of the 
^'^fest. He shares his master’s dangers, de- 
^®Rds his person, and guards his house and his 
property ; in the desolate regions of the north 
rivals in utility the stronger horse and 
reindeer, by conveying him across the hound- 
less Wastes of snow ; and, under almost all 
circumstances, he manifests a strength of gra- 
titude and a warmth and constancy of attach- 
^crit unequalled by any other race of the 
iirute creation. 
