MAMMALIA. FER^E. Dog. 129 



XIV. DOG.— 13. C A MIS. 



Has fix cutting teeth in each jaw ; the outermoft of thofe 

 above are longer, and at fome diftance from the reft ; the 

 intermediate ones are lobed; the outer ones in the lower 

 jaw are likewife lobed : Has one curved tufk on each fide 

 in both jaws ; fix grinders in the upper, and feven in the 

 lower jaw on each fide, being more than in any other genus 

 of the order. 



This genus is naturally rapacious and greedy ; bites very hard, and tears what it bites ; it is very 

 fwift, and fitted for the chace, but does not climb trees : The head is in general flat on the crown, 

 with a narrow lengthened vifage and fnout ; the trunk of the body is thicken: in its fore part, or at 

 the cheft ; the fore feet have five toes, except the Hyaenas, which have only four, and the hind feet 

 only four *j while the genera of Cat, Seal, Bear, and Weafel, have five toes on all the feet : The 

 male penis has a large knob at its middle : The female brings forth a confiderable number in each 

 litter, and has generally ten paps, of which four are placed on the breaft and fix on the belly. 



I. Faithful Dog. — I, Canis familiar is. I. 



The tail bends upwards, and towards the left fide. Faun. Suec. 5. Amoen. acad. lv. 43. t. 1. f. 1. 



Canis. Gefner, quad. 91. Aldr. dig. 482. Jonft. quad. 122. Raj. quad. 176. — Faithful Dog. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 136. Sm. Buff. iv. 1. 



Inhabits chiefly in fociety with man, though often found in a wild ftate ; it is uncertain whether 

 the fpecies be native in the Eaft Indies.— This fpecies is univerfally attached to mankind. It feeds on 

 flefh, dead bodies, and farinaceous vegetables, refufing greens, and even digefts bones : When fick, 

 it eats fome kind of grafs which ferves as an emetic ; drinks by lapping with the tongue ; dungs on 

 a ftone, and urines fideways, holding up the leg, the female fquating; fmells to the anus of other 

 dogs; is very delicate in the fenfe of fmelling; runs obliquely, refting on the toes in walking; fcarce- 

 ly fweats when warm, but lolls out the tongue, and foams at the mouth ; when about to lie down, 

 often goes round the place ; and when afleep has a very quick fenfe of hearing, and frequently 

 feems to dream : The female, when in heat, receives the embraces of various males, who flock about 

 her, and are very quarrelfome among themfelves, while fhe is equally ill humoured, biting and mar- 

 ling at all around her ; fhe goes fixty-three days with young, and litters from four to eight puppies ; 

 of which the males generally referable the father, and the females the mother. 



This 



* In a domeflic (late, many varieties of the Dog have five toes on the hind feet, the fifth being much 

 fmaller than the reft, very loofe, and placed far tip the infide of the leg; this is ufually called the Dew- 

 bfywi.—T. 



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