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his Dog, laid some trifling" wager, that he would, at 

 separate times, cut off all the four feet of his Dog; 

 and that after every amputation, it would attack the 

 Bull. The cruel experiment was tried, and the Dog 

 continued to seize the Bull as eagerly as if he had 

 been perfectly whole. 



Of late years this inhuman custom of baiting the 

 Bull has been almost entirely laid aside in the 

 North of England; and consequently there are now 

 few of this kind of Dogs to be seen. 



As the Bull-Dog always makes his attack with- 

 out barking, it is very dangerous to approach him 

 alone, without the greatest precaution. 



