CHAPTER VIII.

THE DOG FAMILY--DOGS OF SAVAGES--DOGS OF CIVILISED NATIONS--WILD DOGS.

THE HARE INDIAN DOG--Its Characters, Disposition, &c.--THE ESKIMO DOG--The Dependence of the Greenlanders on its Existence--The Probability of its Speedy Extinction--Its Characters and Savage Disposition--Its Uses--DOMESTIC DOGS OF OTHER SAVAGE TRIBES--African Breeds--South American Breeds--THE DALMATIAN DOG--THE GREYHOUND--THE SCOTCH GREYHOUND--THE DEERHOUND--THE TURKISH GREYHOUND--THE GRECIAN GREYHOUND--THE PERSIAN GREYHOUND--THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND--THE COCKER--THE SPRINGER--THE KING CHARLES’S SPANIEL--THE BLENHEIM SPANIEL--THE CHINESE PUG-DOG--THE WATER-SPANIEL--THE POODLE--THE MALTESE DOG--THE LION-DOG--THE TURKISH DOG--THE ST. BERNARD DOG--THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG--THE SHEEP-DOG--THE POMERANIAN DOG--THE CUR--THE LURCHER--THE BEAGLE--THE HARRIER--THE FOXHOUND--THE STAGHOUND--THE BLOODHOUND--THE SETTER--THE POINTER--THE RETRIEVER--THE OTTER-HOUND--THE TURNSPIT--THE DACHSHOUND--THE BULL-DOG--THE BULL-TERRIER--THE MASTIFF--THE CUBAN MASTIFF--THE TIBET DOG--THE ENGLISH TERRIER--THE SCOTCH TERRIER--PARIAH DOGS--THE INDIAN WILD DOG--THE DINGO 127