Ill ?THE EULL-DOG. 



for a considerable time ; till, being severely torn by 

 his claws, the Dog was obliged to quit his hold. 

 The Lion, greatly exhausted by the conflict, refus- 

 ed to renew the engagement ; but, taking a sudden 

 leap over the Dogs, fied into the interior part of his 

 den. Tvvo of the Dogs soon died of their wounds : 

 the last survived, and was taken great care of by the 

 king's son ; who said, " He that had fouglit ivith the 

 king of beasts should never after Jight ijcith any inferior 

 creature *." 



This animal, conscious of his superior strength, 

 has been known to chastise, with great dignity, the 

 inipertinencc of an inferior . — A large Dog of this 

 kind, belonging to the late M. ludley, Esq. of 

 Heaton near Newcastle, being frequently molested 

 by a Mongrel, and teazed by its continual barking, 

 at last took it up in his mouth by the back, and with 

 great composure dropped it over the quay into the 

 river, without doing any farther injury to an enemy 

 so contemptible ■\. 



T\\t Bull' dog \ is the fiercest of the species, and is 

 probably the most courageous creature in the world. 

 His valour in attacking a EuU is well known. His 

 fury in seizing, and his invincible obstinacy in main- 

 taining ills hold, are truly astonishing. Some years 

 ago, at a Bull- baiting in the North of Englandj 

 wiien that barbarous custom was more prevalent than 

 it is at present, a young man, confident of the cou- 



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