The Natural History of Dogs: Canidæ Or Genus Canis of Authors. Including Also the Genera Hyæna and Proteles, Volume 1W.H. Lizars, ... S. Highley, ... London; and W. Curry, jun. and Company Dublin., 1839 - Canidae |
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Page 112 - It is not consistent with the plan of this work to enter at length into questions of temperament and just intonation.
Page 141 - ... no use to him ; but the voice of his beloved master was not effaced from his memory ; the moment he heard it, he knew it, and answered by cries indicative of the most impatient desire; and when the obstacle which separated them was removed, his cries redoubled. The animal rushed forward, placed his fore-feet on the shoulders of his friend, licked every part of his face, and threatened with his teeth his very keepers who approached, and to whom an instant before he had been testifying the warmest...
Page 84 - Dog, which may be considered as the most remote from a state of domestication, assumes the slightly bushy form of that animal. We have here then a considerable approximation to a wellknown wild animal of the same genus, in races which, though doubtless descended from domesticated ancestors, have gradually assumed the wild condition ; and it is worthy of especial remark, that the anatomy of the Wolf, and its osteology in particular, does not differ from that of the Dogs in general, more than the different...
Page 140 - Wolf, who did not see him in the crowd, instantly recognised him, and testified his joy by his motions and his cries. Being set at liberty, he overwhelmed his old friend with caresses, just as the most attached Dog would have done after a separation of a few days. Unhappily, his master was obliged to quit him a second time, and this absence was again, to the poor Wolf, the cause of most profound regret.
Page 83 - ... association with mankind. Now we find that there are several different instances of the existence of dogs in such a state of wildness as to have lost even that common character of domestication, variety of colour and marking; of these, two very remarkable ones are the Dhole of India and the Dingo of Australia; there is, besides, a...
Page 141 - ... and his cries. Being set at liberty, he overwhelmed his old friend with caresses, just as the most attached dog would have done after a separation of a few days. Unhappily, his master was obliged to quit him a second time, and this absence was again to the poor wolf the cause of profound regret ; but time allayed his grief.
Page 84 - America, which deserve attention ; and it is found that these races, in different degrees, and in a greater degree as they are more wild, exhibit the lank and gaunt form, the lengthened limbs, the long and slender muzzle, and the great comparative strength, which characterise the wolf; and that the tail of the Australian dog, which may be considered as the most remote from a state of domestication, assumes the slightly bushy form of that animal.
Page 140 - The animal had been brought up like a dog, and became familiar with every one he was in the habit of seeing. He would follow -his master, seemed to suffer from his absence, evinced entire submission, and differed not in manners from the tamest domestic dog. The master, being obliged to travel, made a present of him to the Royal Menagerie at Paris. Here, shut up in his compartment, the animal remained for several weeks moody and discontented, and almost without eating.
Page 140 - ... gradually, however, recovered, attached himself to his keeper, and seemed to have forgotten all his past affections, when his master returned after an absence of eighteen months. At the very first word which he pronounced, the wolf, who did not see him in the crowd, instantly recognized him, and testified his joy by his antics and his cries. Being set at liberty, he overwhelmed his old friend with caresses, just as the most attached dog would have done after a separation of a few days. Unhappily,...