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butcher's dog ; the MolofTus ; the dog that carries 

 letters and the like wrapped up in his collar ; the 

 " mooner, becaufe/ he doth nothing elfe but watch 

 and warde at an ynche, wafting the wearifome 

 night feafon, without {lumbering or fleeping, baw- 

 ing and wawing at the moone, a qualitie in mine 

 opinion ftraunge to confider ;" the dog that draws 

 water out of wells ; and the " Tyncker's curre," 

 which many can yet remember drawing pots and 

 kettles about the country. Moft of thefe, adds 

 the author, are excellent dogs to defend their 

 mafter's property ; and fome are very " deadly, for 

 they flye upon a man, without utterance of voice, 

 fnatch at him, and catche him by the throate, and 

 moil cruelly byte out colloppes of fleafhe." 



The next chapter contains an account of " curres 

 of the mungrell and rafcall fort," which may be 

 called " waps " or warners. The turnfpit and 

 dancer (fo called becaufe taught to dance and 

 perform antics for gain) are treated of herein. It 

 would be unlike the author's age to forget the 

 marvels of canine life, fo his book concludes with 

 a chapter " of other dogges wonderfully engendered 

 within the coaftes of this country ; the firft bred 

 of a bytch and a wolf (lycifcus) ; the fecond of a 

 bytyche and a foxe (lacuna) ; the third of a beare 

 and a bandogge (urcanus)" A few clofing words 

 are entitled, "a ftarte to outlandim dogges," which 

 bear hardly upon Scotch and Skye terriers, now fo 

 common as pets, fo ufeful, and, it may be added, 

 fo faithful. Like Dr. Johnfon, Caius evidently 

 could not abide anything Scotch. " A beggerly 



