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The Great Water Spaniel is also distinguished 

 in a similar manner by its curled hair, and its 

 propensity to the water. There is a smaller va- 

 riety of the Water Dog, called the Little Barbet, 

 which, in general appearance, extremely resem- 

 bles the larger. 



Newfoundland Dog. This variety is of a very 

 large size; and, from its strength and docility, is 

 one of those which are best calculated for the se- 

 curity of a house : the feet in this dog are more 

 palmated than usual, and the animal is remark- 

 ably fond of plunging into the water. 



King Charles's Dog. This is one of the most 

 elegant varieties of the Dog, and it is recorded 

 that King Charles the Second hardly ever walked 

 out without being attended by some of this breed. 

 It is in some degree allied to the small Water 

 Spaniel, and is generally black, with the roof of 

 the mouth of the same colour. It is the Gredin 

 of BufFon, and the Cams brevipilis Lin. Gmd. 

 The Dog called by BufFon the Pyrame is one of 

 its varieties, and is distinguished by a patch of red 

 on the legs and over each eye. 



Maltese Dog (Canis Melitaeus. Lin. Gmel.) 

 This is a very small kind of spaniel, generally 

 of a white colour, and is one of the most elegant 

 of the lap-dog tribe. In some of its varieties 

 the hair is extremely long, as in the Skock and 

 the, Lion-Dog: 



Hound. (Canis Sagax. Lin. Gmel.) This ad- 

 mits of some varieties. The old English Hound 

 is distinguished by its great size and strength ; its 



