Breeding, training, management, diseases & c of dogs: . coming anElephant in single combat. Now the largestEnglish Mastiffs have been loosened on theIjion in successive pairs, a id were annihilated ina twinkling. Plinys Dog then must indeedhave been a Rouser ! The effects of climateare now easily accounted for! What wouldBuffons orlqiiial Shepherd-dog have thought,had he witnessed the strength and prowess ofhis dauntless descendant? I do not quote these remarkable sayings ofwonilorrul men, either as a critic or a faultfinder, but to plead for mercy in advance in be-half of my unworthy self, sh
Breeding, training, management, diseases & c of dogs: . coming anElephant in single combat. Now the largestEnglish Mastiffs have been loosened on theIjion in successive pairs, a id were annihilated ina twinkling. Plinys Dog then must indeedhave been a Rouser ! The effects of climateare now easily accounted for! What wouldBuffons orlqiiial Shepherd-dog have thought,had he witnessed the strength and prowess ofhis dauntless descendant? I do not quote these remarkable sayings ofwonilorrul men, either as a critic or a faultfinder, but to plead for mercy in advance in be-half of my unworthy self, should I, perchance,be accuse! of similar mis ippi-chensions. Itrust, however, that by carefully keeping with-in the limits of my range, and avoiding the r INTRODUCTION. 17 untathcmablc depths of metaphysical supposi-tions, I may somewhat ehicidate and simplifythe mystified art of Dog-management, present-ing simple facts, free from incomprehensibletechnicalities, and in such alight, that thev mayhe understood, aad freely digested by \
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