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HISTORY^ OF QUADRUPEDS. 



Another variety is the Lion- Dog ; so called from 

 the shaggy hair which covers the head and all the 

 fore part of the body; whilst the hinder part is quite 

 smooth, saving a tuft of hair at the end of the tail. 

 This species is become extremely rare. 



THE COMFORTER. 



Is a most elegant little animal, and is generally 

 kept by the ladies as an attendant of the toilette 

 or the drawing-room. It is very snappish, ill- 

 natured, and noisy ; and does not readily admit 

 the familiarity of strangers. 



