Excerpt from The Dog The first animal Of' the domestication Of which we have any account was the Sheep. Abel was a keeper Of sheep. A It is difficult to believe that any long time would pass before the dog - who now in every country Of the world is the companion Of the shepherd, and the director or guardian of the sheep - would be enlisted in the service Of man. From the earliest known history he was the protector Of the habitation of the human being. At the feet of the lares, those household deities who were supposed to protect the abodes of men, the figure of a barking dog was Often placed. In every age, and almost in every part Of the globe, he has played a principal part in the labours, the dangers, and the pleasures of the chace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.