BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 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. 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 |