LETTER CII. 

 To THE Honourable Daines Barrington. 



My near neighbour, a young gentleman in the 

 service of the East India Company, has brought 

 home a dog and a bitch of the Chinese breed from 

 Canton ; such as are fattened in that country for the 

 purpose of being eaten : they are about the size of 

 a moderate spaniel ; of a pale yellow colour, with 

 coarse bristling hairs on their backs ; sharp upright 

 ears, and peaked heads, which give them a very 

 fox-like appearance. Their hind legs are unusually 

 straight, without any bend at the hock or ham, to 

 such a degree as to give them an awkward gait 

 when they trot. When they are in motion, their 

 tails are curved high over their backs like those of 

 some hounds ; they have a bare place each on the 

 outside from the tip midway, that does not seem to 

 be matter ol accident, but is somewhat singular. 

 Their eyes are jet black, small, and piercing ; the 

 insides of their lips and mouths of the same colour, 

 and their tongues blue. The bitch has a dew-claw 

 on each hind leg; the dog has none. When taken 

 out into the field, the bitch showed some disposition 

 for hunting, and dwelt on the scent of a covey of 

 partridges, till she sprung them, giving tongue all 

 the time. The dogs in South America are dumb; 

 but these bark much in a short thick manner, like 



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