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lie down, he turns himself round several times, and 

 if uneasy, will rise and alter his position. He sleeps 

 little, and in his sleep seems to hear as acutely as if 

 awake, and he may be frequently heard to whimper 

 when asleep. If his excrements fall on vegetables, 

 they generally destroy them ; and the same may be 

 said of his urine, which will cause leather to rot. 

 The dog, however, is very particular in his choice of 

 places, and mostly throws his dung where it can do 

 no injury : thistles, high stones, and the roots of 

 trees, seem to be his favourite resorts for this pur- 

 pose. Till he is a year old he crouches his hinder 

 parts to eject his urine ; but after the age of twelve 

 months, he throws it out sideways, by raising his 

 leg against a wall, tree, &e. and whenever he comes 

 to a place where another dog has ejected, he never 

 fails to do the same : indeed, he seldom or never 

 passes a spot to which he has been accustomed with- 

 out paying it the usual compliment. A dog soon 

 acquires the knowledge of his name, and will answer 

 to it though it comes from a stranger's mouth. 



32. Food. 



Though a carnivorous animal, the dog will not 

 eat indiscriminately of every animal substance : he 

 will refuse the bones of a goose, crow, or hawk, as 

 well as the flesh of his own species, which can be 

 cooked in no manner whatever to deceive him. He 

 will feed on most other animal substances, whether 

 fresh or putrid ; and will eat fruits, succulent herbs, 

 and bread of all sorts. His digestive powers are so 

 great that he draws nourishment from the hardest 

 bones. He eats very greedily, and, if allowed, will 

 frequently gorge till he is sick, particularly of horse- 

 flesh. 



