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nealogical free, which has been branched out into 
every part of the world. This animal still conti- 
nues pretty nearly in its original state among the 
poor in temperate climates ; being transported 
into the colder regions, he grows less and more 
ugly among the Laplanders ; but becomes more 
perfect in Iceland, Russia, and Siberia, where the 
climate is less rigorous, and the people more civi- 
lized . Whatever differences there may be among 
the dogs of these countries, they are not very 
considerable, as they have all straight ears, long 
and thick hair, a savage aspect, and do not Bark 
either so often or so loud as dogs of the more 
cultivated kind. 
The shepherd’s dog, transported into the tem- 
perate climates, and among people entirely civi- 
lized, such as England, France and Germany, will 
be divested of his savage air, his pricked ears, 
his rough, long, and thick hair, and from the 
single influence of climate and food alone, will 
become cither a matin, a mastiff, or a hound. 
These three seem the immediate descendants of 
the former; and from them the other varieties are 
produced. 
The hound, the harrier, and the beagle, seem 
all of the same kind ; for although the bitch is 
covered but by one of them, yet in her litters are 
found puppies resembling all the three. This 
animal, transported into Spain or Barbary, w here 
the hair of all quadrupeds becomes soft and long, 
will be there converted into the land-spaniel, and 
the water-spaniel, and these of different sizes. 
The grey matin hound, which is in the second 
branch, transported to the North, becomes the 
great Danish dog ; and this, sent into the South, 
becomes the grey-hound, of different sizes. The 
same, transported into Ireland,, the Ukraine, Tar- 
tary, Epirus, and Albania, becomes the great 
