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Ajiierican dogs. 



of the first person he met. five man, alarmed 1 , 

 \vonld have disengaged himself; but the clog re- 

 garded him with a look so kind and significant, 

 and endeavoured to pull him along with so gen- 

 tle a violence, that he began to think there might 

 be something extraordinary in the case, and suf- 

 fered himself to be conducted by the animal, 

 who brought him to his master, in' time to save 

 his life. 



Mr. Bartram informs us, that, in one part of 

 his journey through North America, he observed, 

 on an extensive lawn, a troop of horses that were 

 feeding, and under the controul only of a single 

 black dog, siniilar, in every respect to the wolf 

 of Florida, except that he was able to bark like 

 a common dog. He was very careful and indus- 

 trious in keeping together his charge; and if, 

 any one strolled from the rest to loo great a dis- 

 tance, the dog would spring up, head the horse, 

 and bring him back to the company. The pro- 

 prietor of these horses was art Indian, who lived 

 about ten miles from this place; who, from a 

 whim'/ and for the sake of experiment, had 

 trained his dog td this business from a puppy. 

 He followed his master's'' horses only, keeping 

 them in a separate company where they' ranged ; 

 and when he found himself hungry, or Wanted to 

 see his master, in the evening he returned to the 

 town where he^ivcd, but never stayed from home 

 at night. 



Jh South America great numbers of dog's breed 

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