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if the boar offered to return, the clog instantly went to 

 meet him, and so punished his other ear, that there was 

 no need for a second warning, at least during the next 

 week. 



One of the principal uses of the terrier as a hunting dog 

 is to accompany the fox-hounds ; and in cases where all 

 the earths are not carefully stopped, a labor which it is 

 not easy to perform in places where there is much cover, 

 the terrier is indispensable, because his assistance is 

 necessary in unearthing the fox. 



COCK, HEN, AND CHICKENS. 



PLATE XX. COCK, HEN, AND CHICKENS. 



ALL birds taken under the protection of man lose a part 

 of their natural figure, and are altered, not only in their 

 habits, but their very form. Climate, food, and captivity, 

 are three very powerful agents in producing these alter- 

 ations ; and those birds that have longest felt their influ- 

 ence under human direction, are the most likely to have 

 the greatest variety in their figures, their plumage, and 

 their dispositions. 



Of all other birds, the cock seems to be the oldest com- 

 panion of mankind, to have been first reclaimed from the 

 forest, and taken to supply the accidental failure of the 

 luxuries or necessities of life. As he is thus longest under 

 the care of man, so of all others perhaps he exhibits the 

 greatest number of varieties, there being scarce two birds 

 of this species that exactly resemble each other in plumage 

 and form. The tail, which makes such a beautiful figure 

 in the generality of these birds, is yet found entirely 

 wanting in others; and not only the tail, but the rump 



