118 NATURAL HISTORY 



where they are known to breed, by rigor* 

 ous weather and deep snows that had lately 

 fallen. I am, &c. 



LETTER LVIII. 



TO THE SAME. 



MY near neighbour, a young gentleman 

 in the service of the East-India Company, 

 has brought home a dog and a bitch of 

 the Chinese breed from Canton ; such as 

 are fattened in that country for., the pur- 

 pose of being eaten : they are about the 

 size of a moderate spaniel ; of a pale yel- 

 low colour, with coarse bristling hairs on. 

 their backs ; sharp upright ears, and peaked 

 heads, which give them a very fox-like 

 appearance. Their hind legs are unusually 

 straight, without any bend at the hock or 

 ham, to such a degree as to give them an 

 aukward gait when they trot. When they 



