THE LION DOG. 



Generic Characters. 

 Six cutting and two canine teeth in each jaw. 

 Five toes on the fore feet, four on the hinder ones. 

 Vifage long. 



Synonims. 



Catulus melimus, Canis getulus, seu Islandicus, Rati 



Syn. Quad. 177. Linn. Syji. 57. 

 Le Chien de Malte, ou Bichon, de Bufon, tab. xl.Jg. l. & 



Le Chien Lion, fig. 2. 

 Shock, Pennant Syn. Quad. 140. 



THE Lion Dog is a far-removed variety of the Water Spaniel ; it does 

 not polfefs any of the good qualities of its progenitor, and is only fought 

 after as a curiofity ; it takes its name from its miniature refemblance of the 

 Lion, as to external form, the hair which grows on the head and moulders 

 being extremely long, while that on the hinder parts is altogether as fhort. 

 The nofe is lhort, and the tail long and tufted at the end like the Lion. So 

 far it may be thought to bear fome refemblance to that noble animal ; but it 

 differs from it in almoft every other inftance, being remarkably fmall, feeble, 

 timid, and inadive. The breed came originally from Malta, where it is 

 found fo fmall, that women carry it about in their fleeves. It is now become 

 very fcarce in England. 



