Dogs; their origin and varieties, directions as to their general management, and simple instructions as to their treatment under diseaseO. Judd & Company, 1847 - 127 Seiten |
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Seite 14 - And he spake of trees, from the cedartree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Seite 57 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Seite 16 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Seite 55 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Seite 39 - said Carragh to the boy, ' as the two wolves usually enter the opposite extremities of the sheepfold at the same time, I must leave you and one of the dogs to guard this one while I go to the other. He steals with all the caution of a cat, nor will you hear him, but the dog will, and...
Seite 6 - ... 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. 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...
Seite 28 - Irish, written in 1586, has the following notice, — " They are not without wolves, and greyhounds to hunt them, bigger of bone and limb than a colt " ; and, in a frontispiece to Sir James Ware's History of Ireland...
Seite 62 - Sirrah standing in front of them, looking all around for some relief, but still standing true to his charge. The sun was then up ; and when we first came in view...
Seite 46 - ... In this position he remained firm till the sportsman was close to him with both barrels cocked ; then, moving steadily forward for a few paces, he at last stood still near a bunch of heather, the tail expressing the anxiety of the mind by moving regularly backwards and forwards. At last out sprang a. fine old blackcock. Bang ! bang ! went both barrels, but the bird escaped unhurt. The patience of the dog was now quite exhausted, and, instead of dropping to charge, he turned boldly round, placed...
Seite 84 - ... dogs, he had employed the usual course of training — how the conviction had been impressed on his mind, that by gentle usage, and steady perseverance in inducing the animal to repeat, again and again, what was required — not only would the dog be capable of performing that specific act, but that part of the brain, which was brought into activity by the mental effort, would become more largely developed ; and hence a permanent increase of mental power be obtained. This reasoning is in accordance...