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approaches in appearance to the largest kind of 

 Shepherds' Dog. The ears are short and erect : 

 the tail rather bushy: the hair, which is of a red- 

 dish dun-colour, is long, thick, and strait. This 

 Dog is capable of barking, though not so readily 

 as the European Dogs : it is extremely fierce, and 

 has the same sort of snarling and howling voice 

 as the larger dogs in general. By some it has 

 been erroneously said neither to bark nor growl. 

 Those which have been brought over to Europe 

 were of a savage and untractable disposition. 



The Pomeranian Dog (Canis Pomeranius. Lin. 

 Gmel. ) is distinguished by upright ears, long hair 

 on the head, and an extremely curved tail, so as 

 to form almost a circle. This Dog is generally of 

 a white colour. 



The Siberian Dog (Canis Sibiricus. Lin. Gmel.) 

 is nearly allied to the preceding, and may be sub- 

 divided into several races, differing as to strength 

 and size. The Siberian Dogs are principally used 

 in that country and in Kamtschatka for drawing 

 sledges over the frozen snow in winter. Four, 

 or six, or more, according to circumstances, are 

 commonly yoked to the sledge, and will readily 

 carry three persons with their baggage, and thus 

 perform a journey of fifty or even sixty English 

 miles in a day. Their fidelity, however, is not 

 highly praised, and their malignity sometimes 

 renders it necessary for the master to be on his 

 guard against their stratagems. In Kamtschatka 

 in particular, the treatment Avhich the dogs re- 

 ceive is said to be such as seems but ill calculated 



