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DOG, 
riorifv over all animals that require human pro- 
tection. The flock and the herd obey his voice 
more readily even than that of the shepherd or the 
herdsman ; he conducts them, guards them, keeps 
them from capriciously seeking danger, and their 
enemies he considers as his own. Nor is he less 
useful in the pursuit ; when the sound of the horn,, 
or the voice of the huntsman calls him to the field, 
he testifies his pleasure by every little art, and 
pursues with perseverance those animals, which, 
when taken, he must not expect to divide. The 
desire of hunting is indeed natural to him, as well 
as to his master, since war and the chase are the 
only employment of savages. All animals that 
live upon flesh hunt by nature ; the lion and the 
tiger, whose force is so great that they are sure to 
conquer, hunt alone, and without art ; the wolf, 
the fox, and the wild-dog, hunt in packs, assist 
each other, and partake the spoil. But when edu-» 
cation has perfected this talent in the domestic dog ; 
when he has been taught by man to repress his 
ardour, to measure his motions, and not to exhaust 
bis force by too sudden an exertion of it, he then 
bunts with method, and always with success. 
In those deserted and uncultivated countries 
where the dog is found wild, they seem entirely 
to partake of the disposition of the wolf; they 
unite in large bodies, and attack the most formi- 
dable animals of the forest, the cougar, the pan- 
ther, and the bison. In America, where they were 
originally brought by the Europeans, and aban- 
doned by their masters, they have multiplied to 
such a degree, that they spread in packs over the 
whole country, attack all other animals, and even 
man himself does not pass without insult. They 
are there treated in the same manner as all other 
animals, and killed wherever they 
me : however, they are easily tamed 
carnivorous 
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