. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . e sun worshippractised by the Mexicans. In nearly allparts of the world, indeed, traces of anindigenous dog family are found, the onlyexceptions being the West Indian Islands,Madagascar, the eastern islands of theMalayan Archipelago, New Zealand, andthe Polynesian Islands, where there is nosign that any dog, wolf, or fox has existedas a true aboriginal animal. In the ancientOriental lands, and generally among thee
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . e sun worshippractised by the Mexicans. In nearly allparts of the world, indeed, traces of anindigenous dog family are found, the onlyexceptions being the West Indian Islands,Madagascar, the eastern islands of theMalayan Archipelago, New Zealand, andthe Polynesian Islands, where there is nosign that any dog, wolf, or fox has existedas a true aboriginal animal. In the ancientOriental lands, and generally among theearly Mongolians, the dog remained savageand neglected for centuries, prowling in packs,gaunt and wolf-like, as it prowls to-daythrough the streets and under the walls ofevery Eastern city. No attempt was madeto allure it into human companionship or toimprove it into docility. It is not until wecome to examine the records of the highercivilisations of Assyria and Egypt that wediscover any distinct varieties of canine form. Assyrian sculptures depict two such, aGreyhound and a Mastiff, the latter de-scribed in the tablets as the chained-up,mouth-opening dog ; that is to say, it. HUNTING WILD HORSES. itish Museum. Nimrotl Gallery, Panel 109. THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. was used as a watch-dog ; and severalvarieties are referred to in the cuneiforminscriptions preserved in the British Egyptian monuments of about present many forms of the domesticdog, and there can be no doubt that amongthe ancient Egyptians it was as completelya companion of man, as much a favouritein the house, and a help in the chase, asit is among ourselves at present. In the
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