18 DOGS. 



dog, that is particularly partial to jumping into the 

 water from a great height, as from a bridge, and is a 

 very active and useful dog. 



WATCH DOGS. 



The dogs included in this class, are chiefly em- 

 ployed in domestic uses; guarding our property by 

 night, and protecting our persons by day: no sen- 

 tirial can be more watchful, no dependant more 

 faithful: proud of the charge, the watch-dog is 

 vigilant and careful; the least noise foreign to his 

 ears, puts him on the alert, and should an unknown 

 footstep give the slightest notice of approaching the 

 limit of his teritories, he warns the trespasser that 

 he is prepared to oppose his nearer approach; nor 

 does he cease barking until all probability of in- 

 vasion is removed, and security again restored. 

 The principal or rather the most useful of this de- 

 scription of dogs, are the Shepherd's dog, the Cur, 

 or Watch-dog, the Mastiff, and the Bull-dog. 



The Shepherd's Dog. 



THE SHEPHERD'S DOG. Although we have placed 

 this among the watch-dogs, to which rank the care 

 of the flock evidently entitles him, his peculiar line 



