The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 Xiy INTRODITCTORT. his animals, all the more readily berates his family. However d» graded, the man who loves his dog is not wholly lost. There is yet considerable humanity about him, which may, perhaps, be sooner or later successfully appealed to. The dog is a valuable factor in society. Cuvier styles the domestic dog ' the most use- ful conquest that man has gained in the animal world.' Th« Shaggy Esquimaux which draws its heavy sled over weary roads; the faithful Colley, '
The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 Xiy INTRODITCTORT. his animals, all the more readily berates his family. However d» graded, the man who loves his dog is not wholly lost. There is yet considerable humanity about him, which may, perhaps, be sooner or later successfully appealed to. The dog is a valuable factor in society. Cuvier styles the domestic dog ' the most use- ful conquest that man has gained in the animal world.' Th« Shaggy Esquimaux which draws its heavy sled over weary roads; the faithful Colley, ' without which,' says the Ettrick Shepherd, ' the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence '; the noble Newfoundland which protects and rescues life; the sturdy Mastiflf which guards well the home from all intruders; the Pointer or Setter which, with its unerring scent, contributes to the delicacy of the table, and in the ' season ' swells may be his masters slender income; the lively Terrier which rids the house of vermin; the ever alert Skye, whose shrill night bark betokens danger—one and all enact an important part for mankind. When we take into account the very many valuable services performed for us by the various species, we can not so much wonder, perha;'»s, that the untutored savage thinks his dog follows him straight to the spirit land, or that the ancient Egyptians freshly shaved themselves as a mark of grief every time a dog died in the family, or that a tribe of Ethiopia once set up a dog for their king, and accepted the wags of his tail aa heavenly divinations. Be is certainly one of the noblest and most useful of animals.
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