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high arched crest and flowing mane, is fre- 

 quently represented in painting; but his 

 prevailing character, whether there, or in 

 reality, is that of beauty. 



In pursuing the same mode of inquiry 

 with respect to other animals, we find 

 that the Pomeranian, and the rough 

 water-dog, are more picturesque than the 

 smooth spaniel, or the greyhound; the 

 shaggy goat than the sheep: and these last 

 are more so when their fleeces are ragged 

 and worn away in parts, than when they 

 are of equal thickness, or when they have 

 lately been shorn. No animal indeed is so 

 constantly introduced in landscape as the 

 sheep, but that, as I observed before, does 

 not prove superior picturesqueness; and I 

 imagine, that besides their innocent cha- 

 racter, so suited to pastoral scenes of which 

 they are the natural inhabitants, it arises 

 from their being of a tint at once brilliant 

 and mellow, which unites happily with 

 all objects; and also from their producing 

 when in groups, however slightly the detail 

 may be expressed, broader masses of light 

 and shadow than any other animal. The 



