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mn @ G@ Crass I, 
from its note: its only ufe was to alarm the fami- 
ly, by barking, if any perfon approached the houfe. 
Of this clafs was the Verfator, or turnfpit; and 
laftly the Sa/tater, or dancing dog; or fuch as was 
taught variety of tricks, and carried about by idle 
people as a thew. Thefe Degeneres were of no 
certain fhape, being mongrels or mixtures of all 
kinds of dogs. 3 
We fhould now, according to our plan, after 
enumerating the feveral varieties of Britifh dogs, 
give its general natural hiftory; but fince Linneus 
has already performed it to our hand, we-fhall 
adopt his fenfe, tranflatine his very words (wher- 
ever we may) with literal exaétnefs. 
““ The dog eats flefh, and farinaceous vege- 
“* tables, but not greens: its ftomach digefts bones: 
‘it ufes the tops of grafs as a vomit. It voids 
“its excrements on a ftone: the album grecum 1s 
“‘ one of the greateft encouragers of putrefaction. 
“It laps up its drink with its tongue: it voids 
“its urine fideways, by lifting up one of its hind 
“legs; and is moft diuretic in the company of 
“a itrange dog. Odorat anum alierius: its {cent 
“is moft exquifite, when its nofe is moift: it treads 
“lichtly on its toes; fcarce ever fweats; but when 
“hot lolls out its tongue. It generally walks 
‘* frequently round the place it intends to lye down 
on: its fenfe of hearing is very quick when afleep: 
“it dreams. Procis rixantibus crudelis: catult cum 
“ variis: mordet illa illos: coberet copula juntius: 
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