loo, I (ball pafs over, being neither worthy to be in- 

 (erted in this Subjed, nor agreeable thereunto : where- 

 fore I (hall onely treat of fuch whofe natures do in- 

 cline them to Ganne, for mans Paftime and P^ecreati- 

 on. 



In the firfi: place, let u« confider the Nature of Dogs 

 in general, wherein they agree, an4 their corrimon 

 properties of Nature, fuch as are not deftroyed in the 

 di'lindtion of kinds, but reniaio like infallible Truths,, 

 and invariable in every kind and Country through the 

 Univcrfe, Dogs (as it is to be obferved) are gene- 

 rally rough i and their Hair indifferently long fwhich 

 in Wintcrr they lofe every year) is a figne of a good 

 conlHtution i but if it grow? over-long, the Mange will 

 follow. The outward proportion of the Head altereth 

 as the kind aUereth, haying no commiifure or feam 

 in the Skull, beiog a copitinued bone without feparati- 

 pn. 



The befi Dogs (in Pliny^s Opinion; have flat Noftrils, 

 yet round, folid, ajid blunt ; Their Teeth are like Saws, 

 which they change in the fourth month of their age : and 

 by them is their age difccrncd i for while they are white 

 and (harp, it difcovers the youth of a Dog i but vjhen 

 they grow blackilh or dusky, broken and. torn, they dc- 

 monltrate the cider age. 



The Brcalt of a Dog is narrow, fois his Ventricle : 

 for which caufe he is always in pain in the difchargirig his 

 Excrements. 



After they have run a Courfe, they relieve tliemfelves 

 by tumbling and rowling to and fro. When they Ue 

 down, they turn round in a circle two or three times to- 

 gether i wiiich they do for no other caufe, but that 

 they may the more commodioufly lie round, and from 

 the Wind. 



Jn their fleep they often dream, as may appear by 

 thei{ barking. Here obfeive, that they who love to 



keep 



