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LETTER LVIII. 



To the same. 



Y 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 purpose of 

 being eaten : they are about the size of a 

 moderate spaniel ; of a pale yellow 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 awkward 

 gait when they trot. When they are in motion their tails are 

 curved high over their backs like those of some hounds, and 

 have a bare place each on the outside from the tip midway, 

 that does not seem to be matter of accident, but somewhat 

 singular. Their eyes are jet-black, small, and piercing ; the 

 insides of their lips and mouths of the same colour, and their 

 tongues blue. The bitch has a dew-claw on each hind leg; 

 the dog has none. When taken out into a field the bitch 



