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THE CUR DOG. 



Is a trusty and useful servant to the farmer and 

 grazier; and although it is not taken notice of by 

 naturalists as a distinct race, yet it is now so gene- 

 rally used, especially in the North of England, and 

 such great attention is paid in breeding it, that we 

 cannot help considering it as a permanent kind. 

 In the North of England, this and the foregoing 

 are called Coally Dogs. 



These are chiefly employed in driving cattle; in 

 which way they are extremely useful. They are 

 larger, stronger, and fiercer than the Shepherd's 

 Dog; and their hair is smoother and shorter. They 

 are mostly of a black and white colour; their ears 

 are half-pricked; and many of them are whelped 

 with short tails, which seem as if they had been 

 cut: these are called Self -tailed Dogs. They bite 

 very keenly; and as they always make their attack 

 at the heels, the cattle have no defence against 

 them : in this way, they are more than a match 

 for a Bull, which they will compel to run. Their 



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