| There is no incongruity in the idea that
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| | skeletons, of the two animals, which so
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| in the very earliest period of man's
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| | closely resemble each other that their
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| habitation of this world he made a friend
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| | transposition would not easily be
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| and companion of some sort of aboriginal
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| | detected.
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| representative of our modern dog, and
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| | The spine of the dog consists of seven
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| that in return for its aid in protecting
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| | vertebrae in the neck, thirteen in the
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| him from wilder animals, and in guarding
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| | back, seven in the loins, three sacral
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| his sheep and goats, he gave it a share
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| | vertebrae, and twenty to twenty-two in
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| of his food, a corner in his dwelling,
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| | the tail. In both the dog and the wolf
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| and grew to trust it and care for it.
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| | there are thirteen pairs of ribs, nine
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| Probably the animal was originally little
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| | true and four false. Each has forty-two
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| else than an unusually gentle jackal, or
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| | teeth. They both have five front and four
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| an ailing wolf driven by its companions
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| | hind toes, while outwardly the common
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| from the wild marauding pack to seek
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| | wolf has so much the appearance of a
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| shelter in alien surroundings. One can
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| | large, bare-boned dog, that a popular
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| well conceive the possibility of the
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| | description of the one would serve for
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| partnership beginning in the circumstance
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| | the other.
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| of some helpless whelps being brought
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| | Nor are their habits different. The
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| home by the early hunters to be tended
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| | wolf's natural voice is a loud howl, but
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| and reared by the women and children.
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| | when confined with dogs he will learn to
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| Dogs introduced into the home as
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| | bark. Although he is carnivorous, he will
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| playthings for the children would grow to
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| | also eat vegetables, and when sickly he
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| regard themselves, and be regarded, as
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| | will nibble grass. In the chase, a pack
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| members of the family
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| | of wolves will divide into parties, one
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| In nearly all parts of the world traces
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| | following the trail of the quarry, the
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| of an indigenous dog family are found,
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| | other endeavouring to intercept its
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| the only exceptions being the West Indian
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| | retreat, exercising a considerable amount
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| Islands, Madagascar, the eastern islands
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| | of strategy, a trait which is exhibited
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| of the Malayan Archipelago, New Zealand,
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| | by many of our sporting dogs and terriers
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| and the Polynesian Islands, where there
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| | when hunting in teams.
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| is no sign that any dog, wolf, or fox has
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| | A further important point of resemblance
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| existed as a true aboriginal animal. In
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| | between the Canis lupus and the Canis
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| the ancient Oriental lands, and generally
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| | familiaris lies in the fact that the
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| among the early Mongolians, the dog
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| | period of gestation in both species is
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| remained savage and neglected for
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| | sixty-three days. There are from three to
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| centuries, prowling in packs, gaunt and
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| | nine cubs in a wolf's litter, and these
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| wolf-like, as it prowls today through the
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| | are blind for twenty-one days. They are
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| streets and under the walls of every
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| | suckled for two months, but at the end of
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| Eastern city. No attempt was made to
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| | that time they are able to eat
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| allure it into human companionship or to
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| | half-digested flesh disgorged for them by
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| improve it into docility. It is not until
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| | their dam or even their sire.
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| we come to examine the records of the
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| | The native dogs of all regions
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| higher civilisations of Assyria and Egypt
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| | approximate closely in size, coloration,
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| that we discover any distinct varieties
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| | form, and habit to the native wolf of
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| of canine form.
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| | those regions. Of this most important
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| The dog was not greatly appreciated in
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| | circumstance there are far too many
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| Palestine, and in both the Old and New
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| | instances to allow of its being looked
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| Testaments it is commonly spoken of with
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| | upon as a mere coincidence. Sir John
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| scorn and contempt as an "unclean beast."
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| | Richardson, writing in 1829, observed
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| Even the familiar reference to the
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| | that "the resemblance between the North
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| Sheepdog in the Book of Job "But now they
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| | American wolves and the domestic dog of
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| that are younger than I have me in
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| | the Indians is so great that the size and
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| derision, whose fathers I would have
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| | strength of the wolf seems to be the only
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| disdained to set with the dogs of my
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| | difference.
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| flock" is not without a suggestion of
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| | It has been suggested that the one
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| contempt, and it is significant that the
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| | incontrovertible argument against the
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| only biblical allusion to the dog as a
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| | lupine relationship of the dog is the
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| recognised companion of man occurs in the
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| | fact that all domestic dogs bark, while
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| apocryphal Book of Tobit (v. 16), "So
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| | all wild Canidae express their feelings
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| they went forth both, and the young man's
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| | only by howls. But the difficulty here is
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| dog with them."
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| | not so great as it seems, since we know
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| The great multitude of different breeds
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| | that jackals, wild dogs, and wolf pups
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| of the dog and the vast differences in
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| | reared by bitches readily acquire the
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| their size, points, and general
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| | habit. On the other hand, domestic dogs
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| appearance are facts which make it
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| | allowed to run wild forget how to bark,
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| difficult to believe that they could have
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| | while there are some which have not yet
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| had a common ancestry. One thinks of the
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| | learned so to express themselves.
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| difference between the Mastiff and the
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| | The presence or absence of the habit of
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| Japanese Spaniel, the Deerhound and the
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| | barking cannot, then, be regarded as an
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| fashionable Pomeranian, the St. Bernard
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| | argument in deciding the question
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| and the Miniature Black and Tan Terrier,
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| | concerning the origin of the dog. This
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| and is perplexed in contemplating the
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| | stumbling block consequently disappears,
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| possibility of their having descended
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| | leaving us in the position of agreeing
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| from a common progenitor. Yet the
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| | with Darwin, whose final hypothesis was
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| disparity is no greater than that between
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| | that "it is highly probable that the
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| the Shire horse and the Shetland pony,
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| | domestic dogs of the world have descended
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| the Shorthorn and the Kerry cattle, or
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| | from two good species of wolf (C. lupus
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| the Patagonian and the Pygmy; and all dog
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| | and C. latrans), and from two or three
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| breeders know how easy it is to produce a
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| | other doubtful species of wolves namely,
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| variety in type and size by studied
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| | the European, Indian, and North African
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| selection.
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| | forms; from at least one or two South
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| In order properly to understand this
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| | American canine species; from several
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| question it is necessary first to
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| | races or species of jackal; and perhaps
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| consider the identity of structure in the
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| | from one or more extinct species"; and
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| wolf and the dog. This identity of
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| | that the blood of these, in some cases
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| structure may best be studied in a
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| | mingled together, flows in the veins of
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| comparison of the osseous system, or
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| | our domestic breeds.
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