STTEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



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h\e liiioagc. The fcm/>er and disposition of ihe two species, too, seems fc 

 roe to be essentially different. 



Mr. Trimmer, and various other foreign writers, sptak in warm t<:rr7(a 

 (if the value of the Spanish sheep-dog, for guarding the migratory flocks 

 »>f that country from the attacks of wolves — staying behind to protect feo- 

 He and lagging sheep, &c. In the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Ajrricui- 

 tural Society, there is a, communication from the well-known John Hai o 

 T'owoil, Esq., of Philadelphia, from which the following are extracts : 



•' The first iiiiiim-tiitious of Merino sheep were accoinpiiiiied by some of the lai-je ;ii d 

 fMwerliil dogs ofSiiiiiii, p()sse.s«iii£; all the valuable ciiaiacteristios of the English shephenri 



dofi, willi sagacity, iidelity and strength ])eciiliar to lliemsehes Their feiocitv, whec 



aroused l>y any intruder, their attachment to iheir own flock, and devotion to their" master, 

 woulib ill the uncultivated parts of America, make them an acquisition of infinite valuej by 

 affording a defence against wolves, wliich they readily kill, and vagrant cur dogs, by which 

 our flocks are often destroyed. The force of their instinctive attachmenlJa sheep, and theii 

 resolution in attacking every dog which passes near to their c\varge^^f[v^ been forcible 

 evin-ed upon my farm. ' 



Fig. 71. 



AHROGA.NTE — A SPANISH SHKEP-DOG 



Arrogante, whose portrait is above given with admirable fidelity, was 

 imported from Spain with a flock of Merinos, a number of years since, by 

 u gentleman residing near Bristol, England. His subsequent owner, 

 Francis Rotch, Es(j., of this State, thus describes him in a letter to me, 

 whioh, thotigh not intended for publication, I will ventuie to make a fpw 

 f .\tracts from ' 



" I have, as you desired, made you a sketch of the Spanish sheep-dog Arrogante, and a 

 viila.iivius looking rascal he is. A worse countenance I hardly ever saw on a doa:. His 

 small biood-shot eyes, set close together, give liim that sinister, wolfish look, which is wiost 

 ^r.allractive ; but his countenance is mdicative of his charactei-. There was nothing nffec- 

 titnato or joyous about him. He never forgave an injury or an insult: offend him. and it 

 was foi life. I have often l)een struck with his resemblance to his nation. He was proud 

 »nd reserved in the extreme, but not quarrelsome. Every little cur would fly out at him, 

 B8 at some strange animal; and I have seen them fasten for a moment on his heavy, bushy tail, 

 •B-l yet he would stiide on, never breaking his long, ' loping,' shambling trot. OiJte I .«a\v tdjn 



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