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wolf-dog. known by the name of the Irish wolf- 
do s- 
Mastiff, which is the third branch, and chiefly 
a native of England, when transported into Den- 
mark, becomes the little Danish dog* ; and this 
little Danish dog, sent into the tropical and warm 
climates, becomes the animal called the Turkish 
dog, without hair. All these races, with their 
varieties, are produced by the influence of cli- 
mate, joined to the different food, education, and 
shelter, which they have received among mankind. 
All other kinds may be considered as mongrel 
races, produced by the concurrence of these, and 
found rather by crossing the breed, than by at- 
tending to the individual. As these are extremely 
numerous, and very different in different coun- 
tries, it w ould be almost endless to mention the 
whole ; besides, nothing but experience can ascer- 
tain" the reality of these conjectures, although they 
have so much the appearance of probability ; 
and until that gives more certain information, we 
must be excused from entering more minutely into 
the subject. 
With regard to the dogs of our country in 
particular/* says Goldsmith, the varieties are 
very great, and the number every day increasing. 
And this must happen in a country so open by 
commerce to all others, and where wealth is apt 
to produce capricious predilection. Here the 
ugliest and the most useless of their kinds w ill be 
entertained merely for Iheir singularity ; and, 
being imported only to be looked at, they will 
lose even that small degree of sagacity which 
they possessed in their natural climates. From 
this importation of foreign useless dogs, our own 
native breed is, I am informed, greatly degene- 
rated, and the varieties now to be found in .Eng- 
land. much more numerous than they were in, the 
