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DOG. Class I. 



from its note : its only ufe was to alarm the fami- 

 ly, by barking, if any perfon approached the houfe. 

 Of this clafs was the Verfator^ or turnfpit-, and 

 laftly the Saltator^ or dancing dog •, or fuch as was 

 taught variety of tricks, and carried about by idle 

 people as a lliew. Thefe Degenere^ were of no 

 certain fliape, being mongrels or mixtures of all 

 kinds of doors. 



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We fliould now, according to our plan, after 

 enumerating the feveral varieties of Britijh dogs, 

 give its general natural hiftory ; but fmce IJnnaus 

 has already performed it to our hand, we Ihall 

 adopt his fenfe, tranflating his very words (wher- 

 ever we may) with literal exadlnefs. 



" The dog eats flefh, and farinaceous vege- 

 '' tables, but not greens: its ftomach digefts bones: 

 " it ufes the tops of grafs as a vomit. It voids 

 "its excrements on a ilone : the album gracum \s, 

 " one of the greateft encouragers of putrefadtion. 

 " It laps up its drink with its tongue : it voids 

 " its urine fideways, by lifting up one of its hind 

 " legs ; and is mod diuretic in the company of 

 " a ilrange dog. Odor at anum alterius: its fcent 

 '• is moft exquifite, when its nofe is moid: it treads 

 " lightly on its toes ; fcarce ever fweats -, but when 

 " hot lolls out its tongue. It generally walks 

 " frequently round the place it intends to h^ down 

 " on: its fenfe of hearing is very quick when afleep: 

 " it dreams. Prods rixantibtis crudelis : catulit cum 

 ** variis : mordet ilia illos : coh^ret copula Junius t 



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