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o fall the vermin kind; such as weasels, foumarts, 

 badgers, rats, mice, c. It is fierce, keen, and 

 hardy, and, in its encounters with the badger, 

 sometimes meets with very severe treatment, 

 which it sustains with great courage and forti- 

 tude; and a well-trained veteran dog frequently 

 proves more than a match for that hard-bitten 

 animal. The Terrier is generally of a reddish 

 brown-colour, and sometimes black; and there 

 are differeat races, some of which are rouo-her and 



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stronger than others. The Terrier is of a long 

 form ; short legged, and strongly bristled, about 

 the muzzle. 



Turnspit. This is a breed very much on the de- 

 cline in England, though still used in some other 

 countries. It is a long bodied, short legged dog, 

 with crooked or bowed knees, and is commonly 

 of a dusky grey, spotted with black. 



Alco. The Peruvians, it is said, on the arrival 

 of the Spaniards, had some domestic animals of 

 this name, which were of the size and disposi- 

 tion of small dogs; and from their appearance, 

 and because they were equally faithful to their 

 masters, they were called by the Spaniards Peru- 

 vian Dogs. The descriptions, however, of the 

 animal are not quite so clear as might be wished. 

 It had a very small head, an arched back, and a 

 short, pendulous tail ; its general colour was white, 

 patched or spotted with yellow. 



Besides the varieties of dogs above enumerated, 

 there are many others arising from the mixture 

 of breeds; but it would be tedious, as well as use- 



