ORDER OF CARNIVORA. 
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It is among the Matins that the largest- sized Dogs are met 
with. We may mention the ordinary Matin ; the Great Danish 
Dog (Fig. 155), whose size almost equals that of the Ass, and 
whose progenitors were probably those redoubtable Molossian 
Dogs of the Epirus, so celebrated in antiquity ; the Danish Spotted 
Dog; the Little Danish Dog; the different varieties of Grey- 
hound (Fig. 156); the Pyrenean Shepherd’s Dog (Fig. 157), so 
affectionate and intelligent ; the Alpine Dog ; and the Dog of 
Mount St. Bernard. 
The Spaniels comprise the Wolf Dog; the Chinese Dog; the 
Esquimaux Dog (Fig. 158), the Siberian Dog, — the two latter 
being used in their habitat to draw sledges across the snow ; 
