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and pressed her so close, that she ran for the cliff \ 

 as her only chance of escaping; but the Greyhound 

 threw at, caught her on the brink, and went, with 

 the Hare in his mouth, to the bottom of the pre- 

 cipice, where they were both dashed to pieces*. 



These Dogs are called Levrier, in France ; and 

 in Germany, windspiel. 



THE MASTIFF")*. 



THE Mastiff is a Dog of great size, and very 

 strong and robust form. Our island, in ancient 

 times, was so noted for its Mastiffs, that the Roman 

 emperors appointed an officer, with the title of 

 Procurator Cynegii, whose sole business it was to 

 breed, and transmit from hence to the Amphi- 

 theatre, such Mastiffs as would prove equal to the 

 combats of that place. Strabo informs us, that the 

 Mastiffs of Britain were trained to war, and were 

 used by the Gauls in their battles. A well-trained 

 Dog of this kind would, doubtless, be very effica- 



* Daniel's Rural Sports, i. p. 312 314. 



f Cams familiar is Anglicus. Linn&us. Le Dogue de forts race.**^ 

 Bujfon. 



See the Synopsis, p. 20, No. 9, VAR. 10. 



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