Clafsi. DOG. c,'^ 



The firfl of thefe was the IVappe, a name derived from 

 its note : its only ufe was to alarm the family, by 

 barking, if any perfon approached the houfe. Of 

 this clafs was the Ferfaior, or turnfpit ; and laftly the 

 SaUator, or dancing dog •, or fuch as was taughc 

 variety of tricks, and carried about by idle people as a 

 fhew. Thefe Vegeneres were of no certain fhape, 

 being mongrels, or mixtures of all kinds of dogs. 



We Ihould now, according to our plan, after enu- 

 merating the feveral varieties of BriliJId dogs, give its 

 general natural hiftory, but fince IJnn^us has already 

 performed it to our hand, we fxiall adopt his fenfe, 

 tranflating his very words (wherever we may) with 

 literal exaftnefs. 



" The dogs eats fleOi, and farinaceous vegetables, 

 *' but not greens : its ftomach digefts bones : it ufes 

 " the tops of grafs as a vomit. It voids its excre- 

 " ments on a {lone : the album grascum is one of the 

 " greateftencouragers of putrefadion. It laps up 

 ^' its drink with its tongue : it voids its urine fideways, 

 " by lifting up one of its hind legs ; and is moft diu- 

 ^' retic in the company of a ftrange dog. Odorat 

 " anum alierius : its fcent is moft exquifite, when its 

 *' rtofe is moift : it treads lightly on its toes ; fcarce 

 " ever fweats ; but when hot lolls out its tongue. 

 *' It generally walks frequently round the place it in- 

 *•' tends to lye down on: its fenfe of hearing is very 

 " quick when afleep : it dreams. Prods rixantibus 

 '-' crudelis : catuUt cum varib : mordet ilia illos : cohceret 

 *' copula junUus : it goes with young fixty-three 

 *' days ; and commonly brings from four to eight at 

 ** a time : the male puppies reiemble the dog, the 



" female 



