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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
GRAPH

AND AUTHENTIC

ANECDOTES OF DOGS,

EXHIBITING

Remarkable Instances of the Instinct, Sagacity, and Social Disposition of this Faithful Animal: Illustrated by Representations of the most Striking Varieties, and by correct Portraits of

CELEBRATED OR REMARKABLE DOGS,

FROM

Drawings chiefly Original.

ALSO,

A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION;

AND

A COPIOUS APPENDIX

ON THE BREEDING, FEEDING, TRAINING, DISEASES, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF DOGS;

TOGETHER WITH A

TREATISE ON THE GAME LAWS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

BY CAPTAIN THOMAS BROWN,

F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.R.P.S.E., M.W.S., &c.

Author of "Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland,” and of "General Ornithology," &c.

EDINBURGH:

PUBLISHED BY

OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE-COURT ;

AND

SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, LONDON.

1829.

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ALLOW me to dedicate to you the

following pages, as a mark of my esteem for your public and private worth, and as an acknowledgment of gratitude for your uniform kindness in facilitating at all times my researches, both in Antiquities and Natural History. In the former department your knowledge is approved by every lover of ancient art and science; but your acquirements in the latter are known only to a few private friends, who, I am sure, regret with me that the active and useful part you take in public

affairs, prevents you from prosecuting it with that ardour to which your inclinations prompt you, and

for which your mind is so eminently fitted.

I am,

Dear Sir,

Your obliged and faithful Servant,

Ho Brown

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