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second is the farm kind, consisting of the shep- 

 herd's dog and the mastiff. And the third is 

 the mongrel kind ; consisting of the wappe, the 

 turnspit, and the dancer. To these varieties 

 we may add, at present, the bull-dog, the Dutch 

 mastiff, the harlequin, the pointer, and the Dane, 

 with a variety of lap-dogs, which, as they are 

 perfectly useless, may be considered as unworthy 

 of a name. 



" The Terrier is a small kind of hound,* with 

 rough hair, made use of to force the fox or the 

 badger out of their holes ; or rather to give no- 

 tice, by their barking, in what part of their ken- 

 nel the fox or badger resides, when the sportsmen 

 intend to dig them out. 



" The Harrier, as well as the beagle and the 

 fox-hound, are used for hunting ; of all other ani- 

 mals, they have the quickest and most distinguish- 

 ing sense of smelling. The properly breeding, 

 matching, and training these, make up the busi- 

 ness of many men's lives. 



" The blood-hound was a dog of great use, 

 and in high esteem among our ancestors. Its 

 employ was to recover any game that had escaped 

 from the hunter, or had been killed, and stolen 

 out of the forest. But it was still more employed 

 in hunting thieves and robbers by their footsteps. 

 At that time, when the country was less peopled 

 than at present, and when, consequently, the 

 footsteps of one man were less crossed and obli- 

 terated by those of others, this animal was very 



* British Zoology. 

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