‹ A selection of one hundred of Perrin's fables, accompanied with a key; containing the text, a literal and a free translation, arranged in such a manner as to point out the difference between the French and the English idiom. Also a figured pronunciation of the French ... The whole preceded by a short treatise on the sounds of the French language, compared with those of the EnglishChapitre 105 sur 113 · LIST OF PLATES · texte numérisé non relu

LIST OF PLATES

Head of Bloodhound— Ancient Greyhounds— The Thibet Dog— The Dingo, or New Holland Dog—

The Danish or Dalmatian Dog— The Hare Indian Dog — The Greyhound— The Grecian Greyhound

— Blenheims and Cockers— The Water Spaniel — The Poodle— The Alpine Spaniel or Bernardine

Dog — The Newfoundland Dog — The Esquimaux Dog — The English Sheep Dog — The Scotch Sheep

Dog — The Beaçle— The Harrier — The Foxhound — Plan of Goodwood Kennel — The Southern

Hound— The Setter— The Pointer— The Bull Dog— The Mastiff— The Terrier— Skeleton of the

Dog — Teeth of the Dog at seven different ages.

" Mr. Youatt's work is invaluable to the student of canine history; it is full of entertaining an J instructive matter for the general reader. To the sportsman it commends itself by the large amount of useful information in reference to his peculiar pursuits which it embodies — information which he cannot find elsewhere in so convenient and accessible a form, and with so reliable an authority to entitle it to his consideration. The modest preface which Dr. Lewis has made to the American edition of this work scarcely does justice to the additional value he has imparted to it ; and the publishers are entitled to great credit for the handsome manner in which they have got it up." — vforth American.

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