Recall the traveller, whose altered form

Has borne the buffet of the mountain storm;

And who will first his fond impatience meet?

His faithful dog's already at his feet!

Yes; though the porter spurn him from the door,

Though all that knew him know his face no more.

His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each

With that mute eloquence which passeth speech,

Rogers.

Dogs, in common with all domestic animals, require crossing after the second generation. This is the more necessary in the case of domesticated animals, because, otherwise, the work of procreation would often be effected by those of inferior physical and spiritual endowments, and degeneracy would naturally follow; an evil less apt to occur among animals in their wild state, because there the favours of the female are fought for with mortal fierceness, and are generally engrossed by the most spirited and powerful. Hence no striking and general deterioration takes, place. The lion, the bear, the wolf, the tiger, and the deer, are the same now, in colour, form, size and vigour, that they have ever been. The male which this year establishes and monopolises, each to himself, his harem, or his particular mate, by sheer superiority of courage and strength combined, is generally obliged to yield his envied privileges, the ensuing season, to others who follow him, in the vigour of youth, with higher physical capacity; so that nature herself provides against too much breeding "in and in" and the deteriorating consequences of incestuous intercourse! But where animals have come under subjection to social uses, and the art of man, it becomes necessary to manage the business of procreation with the greatest skill, having the strictest reference to those finer qualities in the parent which it is desired shall predominate in the progeny. It was great tact and perseverance in this department which, in England, won enviable renown for Bakewell, Ellman, and the Collingses, and other eminent breeders of sheep and cattle. The following hints on the breeding and feeding of dogs were derived by the Editor, chiefly from his late lamented friend, Doctor Smith, of the U. S. A., the accomplished authority elsewhere relied on and referred to.

In crossing, difference of form should be carefully observed. Colour is of little consequence, if we except the ease with which the eye can detect one more than another in covered grounds; and hence, for field sports, white should predominate when it is practicable. The pups of a well trained slut, and one that has been hunted during the greater part of gestation, are, - coeteris paribus, - better than others. A deep sympathy exists between the parent and her offspring, and, although to us mysterious, yet nature speaks intelligibly; and we should not be indifferent to her admonitions. Care should be taken to prevent, especially in the first season of sexual passion, any dog of inferior, or different blood, from having access to the slut. An extraordinary case of what is, we believe, termed superfoetation, once occurred with a beautiful coach-dog slut, Annette, sent to the editor by the late much esteemed Gorham Parsons, of Byfield, (then of Brighton, Mass.) Her virgin embraces were yielded to the stealthy solicitations of a large coarsely formed white dog, with black ears; and, in every succeeding litter, though all else were like herself, and her paramour, Lubin; to wit: leopardlike, beautifully spotted, there was always one pup marked with his black ears, and otherwise resembling the beastly dog to which she was first, accidentally prostituted. It was also remarked by Mr. Parsons that, in every litter of the dam of these dogs there was one born deaf.

A more remarkable instance of the effect of imagination, and the passion of love, with dogs, is related by the late Doctor Hugh Smith of England. As he was travelling from Mid hurst into Hampshire, the dogs, as usual, in country places, ran out barking as he was passing through the village; and amongst them he observed a little ugly cur that was particularly eager to ingratiate himself with a setter bitch. that accompanied him. While stopping to water his horse, he remarked how amorous the cur continued, and how courteous the setter continued to her admirer. Provoked to see a creature of Dido's high blood so obsequious to such mean addresses, the Doctor drew one of his pistols, and shot the cur. He then had the bitch carried on horseback for several miles. From that day, however, she lost her appetite; ate little or nothing; had no inclination to go abroad with her master, or to attend to his call; but seemed to pine like a creature in love, and express sensible concern for the loss of her gallant. Partridge season came: but Dido had no nose. Sometime after she was put to a setter of great excellence, which had, with great difficulty, been procured for the purpose; yet not a puppy did Dido bring forth which was not the picture and colour of the cur that the Doctor had, many months before destroyed; and, in many subsequent litters Dido never produced a whelp that was not exactly similar to the unfortunate cur already mentioned.

When selecting a pup consult the form. If the father be esteemed the better of the two parents, choose after his points even should the colour resemble the mother, and vice versa.

It is taken for granted that no reflecting sportsman will rear a dog, whose pedigree he has not full assurance wa3 perfectly free from all impurity; but, whether Pointer or Setter, the blood should be exclusively con-fined to their respective classes, devoid of any mixture, or dross, the one with the other! When a choice has been made, remove the pup from the mother as soon as it will lap milk freely. This will prevent infantine disease of the skin, so readily induced by numbers combating together in a crowded and too frequently a dirty kennel. I have many times, says Dr. S., seen blotches contracted from this cause, which were difficult to remove, and some of them ultimating in mange.