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A N

elll.r

'¡"~I

I,d"ng, is obfcrl'cd as ac\'u"tel)'

the n.–

tUI'I~

Ihé

,hin)! will

atllllit.

The

Ihr~h~rJ'l

dog is the rtumr of ,he m e. This

,!og, wlwn orar.lportcd tOt.'pland, nr " 'Vver)' euld di–

,"al<,

~,rllm, '

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uUI), ,'ppe,,,nee, ¡nd il< leg' beron,,,

Ihor!. HUI. in flrita'n, Hulli" Sil)cri1,

iu.

\Vhere lhe

(úld is nOl fn riroruu" , lid lhe péorle are mure mili·

'led, he arrive, .1

¡~"ca1er

perfeélion, bOlh in runa .nd

f.g,leil)'. T he fjmc Olcpherd's dop" wlteo hr"ur,hlUP io

eounlr)'

(uII),

eiv,hed, as Ilmainor Franee, lufes his

j:"'a~:

air, his fitail em, his thiek

lon~

h.ir

, Md bccflml's

\1'h'l is eall,,1,1hull ·dog, a maniff, " beagle, ur hound.

T hei'e ehanges, Houfroo mribules lOlhe influeoee of lhe

"'imate, lhe manoers of lhe peorle,

&c.

The martilF

~od

the bull.dug hare lheir cm nill rard)' nrail, or

),alt"pendent, and

".f~mhle

in lheir m.oners . nd fa n·

!'.ui~e

e!.fpoli:iuo lhe dog from whieh lhe)' derive tlleir

(11

igin. 'lk ueagle or hound prefwes lefs of lhe 'p–

rC lr.m'~e

jls ori;!in

th:¡n rhe othcr

I\VO

its ears are

lung anJ cmirdy p:nJenl; lhe foftnefs , lhe lratlabili.

IV,

lhe limidilY of thi, dog, Bouffoo confiders as fo

IIlanr proofs of ilS greal

d~gcnerae)',

or rarher of lhal

petf:tlion \Vhich it "quires by culture, amlliviog amoog

• (I" ilizrd people.

The hoao.l, the fmall fponed feuing-dog, and the

lerricr, afe aH of the fame f, mil)'; for all the three

kind! are oCteo produced at the

f.me

liuer, , lthough lhe

f<male houod h,d beeocomed onlyb), one of lhcfe kinds,

\Vheo the hound is traofporteJ to Spaio, or J3arbary,

wher~

almufi every animal has fine, long, downy hair, it

i, ehaoged inlO a water huuod, or fpanie!. And the

. Jjnall ,nd lage fpaniel, whieh JilFer only io rhe tail, when

emi((1 10 Hmaio, are eh,oged fl'OO1 a white tO a black

rolour, and

b~eome

whar is ealled lhe brge and fmaJl

'ha~~ed

dogs.

'fhe man,lF, wheo earried tO rhe nonh, is ehanged

¡roto lhe large Oanifh dog; aod wheo tranCponed tO lhe

laulh, it becomes a grey·houod. The large grey-hounds

eom: from the Levam; thofe of a Idrer lize come from

11,ly; and the Ilalian r,rey-houods, when broughr ro

H,ilain, beeome whal lhe Freoch caH

/,vrolll,

thar is,

I'.'cy·hounds of lhe

I~an

fize.

The grear J)aniO, dog, when earried

1rclar.d, the

Ul:raio, Tmary,

Or.

is ehanged into the ¡rilh dog,

wilich is tr.e Idrgdl of aH dogs.

The buU.dog, \Vhen earricJ from Hritaio to Denmark,

heeomes lhe ClIlall DaoiOl dog; and this fmall Danilh

J"g, I'Ihen teJolponed i010 a waro, c1imale, lofes ilS

J.,lir, and is changed i,HO lhe TurkiOl dogo

AII thtCe r.fees or f.lmilies, with lhcir varieties, arc

proJuCttI by the ioflueoee rof c1imare, food, and eduea–

Ilon : 'fhe

olJ.er

kiods m"ked io ehe lree are not pure

úr din"'tl f.m ili. " bU! are produeed by lhe eommix1Ure

ehe otller f. milo.s. 1'h& muogrel dugs, \Vilh the

p~,,'¡clllar

parencs whieh I" oduee rhe,n, are marked out

10 ,he m e by dotICd linel. For exall1plc,

The grey hound aod mallin' produce lhe muogrel

~, ey.hol1od,

\Vhi, h is I,kewil<c.llcJ lhe wcy-hol1od \Vilh

w"lf 's hdir. Th. larp''' DaoiO. dug and lhe I"ge fpa.

c,d produce lhe e . I.(,1 i, ,, ':e'g; wllieh is a bcautiful dog,

T~ilh

100U bclhy hair, "nd of a laruer Cite thao the

Ola·

liirt·.

111e f"aold aod lh. f,mJi DaniO.

dG~

produce lh.!

lion'llog, whieh is a I'cry raee kiod.

nee~lefs

give more cxamples, as they eJn cafily be traeed fo om

the dOl'eJ lioes io the trce.

H,t1'iog ehus uaccd lbe I'arielies of lhe Jog, and lile

prob"hle Ij.nrees of lhefe varieti.s, we OI.lInow give an

accounl

his oalu re and inltiotls.

Frol1l lhe firuflu re of ,he leelh, it mighr be eoocluded

p,iori

thae lhe dog is a earnivorous aoima!.

lIe

do.s nor ho\\'cI'tr cal inllilclim;naldy

e~cry

k,nd uf ani–

mal fubflaoee. There are fume birds, as thc eolyl1lbu,

artlieul, whieh the waler-dog will lay hol<l off ..ilh keen–

oefs, but will nOl bring out of the water, beeaufe its

fmell is

exeeedin~ly

offenfive

III

him. He will OOt cae

Ihe boorl 01' a gool', erow, or hawk: Rut he deroull e·

"en thc purtrid flcfh of 01011 o¡ha

aoim.ls.

He is puf.

fefltJ of ftlrn IIrong digeni"e powers, as to draIV oou–

riO"ncne fromIhc hmlell uuoes. When Jlenl eJnnut he

proeuree!, he will eat fi lh , freils, fucculellt herbs, ar,e!

'bread oí all kinds . When oppreff"d \\ ilh lieknefl ,

which he is "ery fubjetl. tfpecially io the begir,nirog of

[tlmmer, io orJer to proc;ure a pukc, he em the leal'es

of lhe quicken grafs, lhe hearried wheat.graf" or lhe

roueb erock'

s-fout.gr.fs,

whieh g"es him immediate re–

lief. Wheo he lIeals a piece of

n,o.,

as confe;olls of

rhe immorality oC tI,e a<lioo, he runs off with his tai l

haogio~

aod hcm io belwixt his ftel.

His drink is wale.... "hieh he takes in fmall quantili<s

al a lime, by licl(Íng ",ith hls IOngue. He is in

fo~;e

meafure obliged to liek io this maoner, otherwife his

nofe woukl ue immerfed io lhe water,

His exerements are geoerally hard [cyball, which,

efpecially after ealiog booes, are \\'hile, aod go by lbe

name of

a/huIR IIr<"1I111

amoog phyfieiaos. This album

g~cum

IVas for a loog time io grm repule as a feplie;

but it is OOIV eOlirely difregarded. ¡-le- does oot ehrow

OUt his exerements promifeuoufly upon e,ery thiog thar

happens ro be io

lh~

way, bur llpOO nOnel, eruok! of

m es, or harren plaees. , This is a wife ionttmioo of oa–

ture; for the exmmenlS of ,dog dellroy almo!! every

vegetable or aoimal fubllance. They are of fueh • pu–

erid nature, thar if a mao's Ihoe touehes them when re–

eeotlyexpelled, thar panicular pan ",ill rot in a few

days . He ol.renes the fame melÍ10d io making hi, u–

rine, whieh he throlVS out at a fideo

is remarkabl,',

Ihar a dog will oot pafs a Ilone or a wall agaio!! whieh

aoy olher dog has

p;n~d,

withour following hisexampl(',

although a huodrcd Olould oceue io a few minutes, in fo

mueh, ehat it is anooiOliog how fuch a quamity can be

[eereted in fo OlOn a time.

The dog is ao animal 001 ooly of quick mOlion, but

remarkable for mvelling very long journeys. He can

eafil)' keep up Wilh his mafier, either on fool or ho,fe–

back, for a whole day. When fatigl1ed, he does not

fweat, but lolls out his tongue. Every kiod of dog

ea~

fwim; but the water·dog exeells in thar anicle.

The dog runs round when ,bout lo lie dowo, in order

to difcover lhe mon propcr fil11atioo. He lies generally

on his brcan, Wilb his head lurned 10 ooe fide, aod fume–

eimes with his heae! aboye his.twO fore-feet. He {Jeeps

litde, and eventhat does

n.ot

[cem10 be very 'luiet

Corhe

oflen