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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



sagacity is uncommonly great: they know their 

 master's fields, and are singularly attentive to the 

 cattle that are in them. A good Dog watches, goes 

 his rounds, and if any strange cattle should happen 

 to appear among the herd, although unbidden, he 

 quickly flies at them, and with keen bites obliges 

 them to depart. 



Similar to the Cur, is that which is commonly 

 used in driving cattle to the slaughter: and as 

 these Dogs have frequently to go long journies, 

 great strength, as well as swiftness, is required for 

 that purpose. They are therefore generally of a 

 mixed kind, and unite in them the several qualities 

 of the Shepherd's Dog, the Cur, the Mastiff, and 

 the Greyhound. Thus, by a judicious mixture of 

 different kinds, the services of the Dog are rendered 

 still more various and extensive, and the great pur- 

 poses of domestic utility more fully answered. 



