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 DogsLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 - 470 páginas |
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... shows us more and more clearly every year , that no reliance can be placed upon the test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is shown to be liable to various exceptions . Still it has been supported by ...
... shows us more and more clearly every year , that no reliance can be placed upon the test depending upon fertile intercommunion , which , especially in birds , is shown to be liable to various exceptions . Still it has been supported by ...
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... show any particular anxiety to escape . They view the human race rather as objects of curiosity than either of apprehension or enmity . The natives who reside near the Ranochitty and Katcunsandy passes , in which vicinity the dholes may ...
... show any particular anxiety to escape . They view the human race rather as objects of curiosity than either of apprehension or enmity . The natives who reside near the Ranochitty and Katcunsandy passes , in which vicinity the dholes may ...
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... a peculiarity of the breed , and this grey colour may , therefore , with a fair show of probability , have given the name to the greyhound . In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed 26 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... a peculiarity of the breed , and this grey colour may , therefore , with a fair show of probability , have given the name to the greyhound . In describing the greyhound it is usual , and indeed 26 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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... show defective speed and cleverness . This being the case I shall first describe the general characteristics of both , and afterwards those in which they differ from one another . The points of the greyhound will be described at length ...
... show defective speed and cleverness . This being the case I shall first describe the general characteristics of both , and afterwards those in which they differ from one another . The points of the greyhound will be described at length ...
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... show the substance which is desired . It is also desir- able to have depth of back from above downwards , by which the whole body is " buckled and unbuckled " with quickness and power , as is required in the gallop . The muscles of the ...
... show the substance which is desired . It is also desir- able to have depth of back from above downwards , by which the whole body is " buckled and unbuckled " with quickness and power , as is required in the gallop . The muscles of the ...
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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...