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

CHAPTER IX.

THE DOG FAMILY--WOLVES--JACKALS--FOXES, ETC.

THE WOLF--Historical Account--Geographical
Distribution--Characteristics--Habits--Destructiveness--Tame
Wolves--Varieties of the Wolf--THE PRAIRIE WOLF--THE
RED WOLF--THE JACKAL--Its Character--Habits--“Jackal’s
Horn”--Occurrence--THE BLACK-BACKED JACKAL--THE SENEGAL
JACKAL--THE AGUARA--THE COMMON FOX--Characters distinguishing
it from the true Dogs--Its Habits--Cunning--Occurrence--THE
ARCTIC FOX--Its supposed Change of Colour according to
Season--Its Habits--The Value of its Skin--THE FENNEC--THE
LONG-EARED FOX--Why made a Distinct Genus--THE RACOON DOG--THE
HYÆNA DOG--Its Character and Habits 149

CHAPTER X.

THE BEAR FAMILY--THE BEARS.

Characters of the URSIDÆ--Their Mode of
Progression--Teeth--Skull--Geographical
Distribution--THE BROWN BEAR--Its
Occurrence--Character--Habit of Hibernating--Diet--Moral
Characteristics--Bear-baiting--Varieties--THE AMERICAN BLACK
BEAR--Its Habits--Superstitions of the Indians regarding
it--THE GRIZZLY BEAR--THE SYRIAN BEAR--THE HIMALAYAN
BEAR--THE SUN BEAR--THE SLOTH BEAR--Its Ant- and Bee-eating
Propensities--THE SPECTACLED BEAR--THE POLAR BEAR--Its
Size--Characteristics--Habits--Method of Hunting--The supposed
Poisonous Properties of its Liver 163