The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy Dogs |
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For instance , where shall we find a sufficient description of the spaniels and
terriers , or of the various retrievers for which such large sums are often given ?
Who will be able to discover , from any written account , the difference between
the ...
For instance , where shall we find a sufficient description of the spaniels and
terriers , or of the various retrievers for which such large sums are often given ?
Who will be able to discover , from any written account , the difference between
the ...
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... descriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the specimens selected
being of the most perfect symmetry and of the purest breed within my reach . For
many of them I am indebted to gentlemen who have given up their best energies
...
... descriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the specimens selected
being of the most perfect symmetry and of the purest breed within my reach . For
many of them I am indebted to gentlemen who have given up their best energies
...
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gentlemen who have given up their best energies to improve the peculiar strain
which has enlisted their attention , and for the facilities which they have afforded
me I here beg to record my most sincere thanks . Book I . contains the Natural ...
gentlemen who have given up their best energies to improve the peculiar strain
which has enlisted their attention , and for the facilities which they have afforded
me I here beg to record my most sincere thanks . Book I . contains the Natural ...
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Lastly , in the Third Book the most modern and successful treatment of the
diseases to which the dog is subject is given at length , and in terms which will , it
is hoped , be intelligible to all . My readers will therefore perceive that I have
omitted ...
Lastly , in the Third Book the most modern and successful treatment of the
diseases to which the dog is subject is given at length , and in terms which will , it
is hoped , be intelligible to all . My readers will therefore perceive that I have
omitted ...
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... the test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is
shown to be liable to various exceptions . Still it has been supported by
respectable authorities , and for this reason we have given insertion to the above
extract .
... the test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is
shown to be liable to various exceptions . Still it has been supported by
respectable authorities , and for this reason we have given insertion to the above
extract .
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Página 7 - ... dogs in general, more than the different kinds of dogs do from each other. The cranium is absolutely similar, and so are all, or nearly all, the other essential parts ; and to strengthen still further the probability of their identity, the dog and wolf will readily breed together, and their progeny is fertile. The obliquity of the position of the eyes in the wolf is one of the characters in which it differs from the...
Página 59 - ... he has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. - Let his legs be straight as arrows; his feet round, and not too large; his shoulders back; his breast rather wide than narrow; his chest deep; his back broad; his head small; his neck thin; his tail thick and brushy: if he carry it well, so much the better...
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy Dogs |
| Autor | John Henry Walsh |
| Edição | 2 |
| Editora | Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Jan 2008 |
| Número de páginas | 470 páginas |
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