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fellow, F. (a clown) un matin tin paysan, nn rustrc." These 

 definitions of Ainsworth, Desperez, Bailey, and Boyer, are 

 worthy of attention, as they furnish distinct evidence that 

 the idea from 1650 to 1750 was that the mastiff was a large 

 masty or massive house dog of the largest kind, and therefore 

 totally distinct in point of size from the modern bulldog, and 

 however tedious it may be to wade through and master these 

 explanations, they are necessary to any who may wish to 

 understand Dr. Cains, Aldrovandus, Sir. H. Spelman, Ray, 

 and other early Historians, Naturalists, and Antiquarians. 

 Moreover, extracts from the old treatises I have mentioned 

 are at times quoted promiscuously by persons writing on both 

 the mastiff and bulldog, who from their ignorance of the 

 subject, frequently confuse the two breeds. 



