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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 showed some disposition for hunting, 



