Class I. DOG. 



the derivation of the name, it is probable they 

 are natives of Great Britain. We may Itrengthen 

 our fufpicion by faying that the firft who broke 

 a dog to the net was an Englijh nobleman of a 

 moft didinguifhed charadler, the great Robert 

 Dudly Duke of Northumberland'^, The Pointer, 

 which is a dos; of foreigrn extradion, v/as unknown 

 to our anceilors. 



The Aquaticus^ or Fynder, was another fpecies 

 ufed in fowling \ was the fame as our water fpaniel \ 

 and was ufed to find or recover the game that was 

 Ihot. 



The Melit^us^ or Fotor ; the fpaniel gentle or 

 comforter of Dr. Caius (the modern lap dog) was 

 the laft of this divifion. The Maltefe little dogs 

 were as much efteemed by the fine ladies of pail 

 times, as thofe of Bologna are among the modern. 

 Old Hollingfhed is ridiculouOy fevere on the fair of 

 his days, for their excefllve pafllon for thefe little 

 animals \ v/hich is fufiicient to prove it was in his 

 time-f- a novelty. 



The fecond grand divifion of dogs comprehends 

 the Ruftici\ or thofe that were ufed in tne country. 



The firft fpecies is the Paftoralis, or Ihepherd's 

 dog ; which is the fame that is ufed at prefent, 

 either in guarding our flocks, or in driving herds 

 of cattle. This kind is fo well trained for thofe 



* Wood's Ath, Ox, ir. 27. 



t In the reign of Queen Elizakib, 



F 2 purpofes, 



