. The Dog [microform] / by Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson ; compiled, abridged, edited and illustrated by Frank Forester [ Henry William Herbert]. Dogs; Dogs; Chiens; Chiens. 74 DOOS: THEIR THX WOI^. ences,—their time of breeding does not agree,—their habits are opposite, and their outward and inward charac- ter is entirely dissimilar. The above engraving is the portrait of the wolf. Is the reader in any danger of mistaking it for that of a dog? Thus the apparent separation of the two species appears to be so wide, that a child could point it out, and none but a philosopher cou
. The Dog [microform] / by Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson ; compiled, abridged, edited and illustrated by Frank Forester [ Henry William Herbert]. Dogs; Dogs; Chiens; Chiens. 74 DOOS: THEIR THX WOI^. ences,—their time of breeding does not agree,—their habits are opposite, and their outward and inward charac- ter is entirely dissimilar. The above engraving is the portrait of the wolf. Is the reader in any danger of mistaking it for that of a dog? Thus the apparent separation of the two species appears to be so wide, that a child could point it out, and none but a philosopher could confound it. Others, again, have gone to warmer climates for the founder of the kind, which they have, to their own satisfaction, discovered in the jackal: but there are very many obstacles to be surmounted, before this supposition can be acknowledged. In the first place, although the dog is to be found in warm climates, he thrives least in those to which the jackal is entirely confined. Then all that has been urged against the fancy which conceived the prototype of the dog was to be found in the wolf, applies with even. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858; Dinks. The sportsman's vide mecum; Mayhew, Edward, 1813?-1868. Dogs and their management. New York : G. E. Woodward
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