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Dod:or affiduoufly attended the affair him^ 

 felf. But lo ! when the days of whelping 

 came, PhilHs did not produce one puppy 

 but what was, in all refpedls, the very pic- 

 ture and colour of the poor Dog he had fhot 

 fo many months before the Bitch was in 

 heat. 



This affair not more furprized than enra- 

 ged the Dodior : for fome time he differed, 

 almofl: to parting, with his old faithful 

 houfekeeper, being unjuflly jealous of her 

 care ; fuch behaviour before fhe never knew 

 from him, but, alas, what remedy ? He 

 kept the Bitch many years, yet, to his infi- 

 nite concern, fhe never brought a litter^ 

 but exadly fimilar to the Pedlar's Cur. 

 He difpofed of her to a friend of his in a 

 neighbouring county, but to no purpofe, 

 the vixen flill brought fuch Puppies. 

 Whence the Do6tor tenacioufly maintained. 

 Bitch and Dog may fall paflionately in love 

 with each other. 



That fuch creatures, efpecially the fe- 

 male, may at particular times like, or pre-. 

 fer, I grant the Doctor; but how the im- 

 preffion of the Dog (admitting to favour 



him 



