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THE DOG. 
“The canine family,” replied Sidney. 
44 And what are the principal characteris¬ 
tics of this family?” 
Sidney repeated them without forgetting 
any of them, and wrote down the dental 
formula without a mistake. He was be- 
gining to have a much more exact memory 
for such matters. 
44 Quite right,” said Miss "Winston. “ The 
dog—the most familiar example of this large 
and important family—has been the com¬ 
panion of man from the earliest ages. In 
the Bible, the first mention of dogs occurs 
in Exodus xi. 7 :— 4 But against the children 
of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, 
against man or against beast.’ In the book 
of Job—supposed to be one of the oldest 
in the Bible—dogs are mentioned as being 
employed to assist the herdsmen and shep¬ 
herds :—‘But now they who are younger 
than I have me in derision, whose fathers 
I would not have set with the dogs of my 
flock.’ (Job xxx. 1.) Isaiah also speaks of 
unfaithful watchmen as 4 dumb dogs, that 
cannot bark, lying down, loving to slumber; 
greedy dogs, which can never have enough.’ 
(Isaiah lvi. 10.) That they were not held in 
