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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But let any one seek for specific information upon several points connected with
even well - marked and generally - recognised kinds , and he will soon be
brought to confess that he is lost in doubt and uncertainty . For instance , where
shall ...
But let any one seek for specific information upon several points connected with
even well - marked and generally - recognised kinds , and he will soon be
brought to confess that he is lost in doubt and uncertainty . For instance , where
shall ...
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... by him to great advantage ; and I can speak to the correctness of most of his
illustrations , from having compared them with the originals soon after he first
gave them to the public ; but unfortunately there is now no such collection in
England .
... by him to great advantage ; and I can speak to the correctness of most of his
illustrations , from having compared them with the originals soon after he first
gave them to the public ; but unfortunately there is now no such collection in
England .
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... the chief exception being some of the islands in the Pacific Ocean ; but it is only
in the temperate zone that he is to be found in perfection , the courage of the
bulldog and the speed of the greyhound soon degenerating in tropical countries .
... the chief exception being some of the islands in the Pacific Ocean ; but it is only
in the temperate zone that he is to be found in perfection , the courage of the
bulldog and the speed of the greyhound soon degenerating in tropical countries .
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... the greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is
only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint
keeps him IS from using his nose , or he could soon. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER .
... the greyhound is quite as ready to hunt in packs as any other hound , and is
only prevented from doing so by the hand of his master . The same restraint
keeps him IS from using his nose , or he could soon. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER .
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IS from using his nose , or he could soon be nearly as good with that organ as
with the eye . So also Cuvier defines his sixth section as “ having an inclination to
chase and point birds , " whereas they have as great , and often a greater , desire
...
IS from using his nose , or he could soon be nearly as good with that organ as
with the eye . So also Cuvier defines his sixth section as “ having an inclination to
chase and point birds , " whereas they have as great , and often a greater , desire
...
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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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