THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. 



Generic Characters. 

 Six cutting and two canine teeth in each jaw. 

 Five toes before ; four behind. 

 Vifage long. 



THIS is the largeft animal of the canine fpecies, meafuring frequently 

 upwards of lix feet in length, from the nofe to the extremity of the tail, which 

 it ufually carries in a curl over the rump. It is proportionably large in all its 

 members, and pofiefies an uncommon degree of flrength and courage, united 

 with the greatefl fagacity and fidelity to its mailer ; thefe qualities, added to 

 the faculty of fwimming in a very fuperior ftyle, and diving to any depth, 

 render this animal the moft ufeful of the clafs to which it belongs. When 

 young, it is gentle and engaging in its manners ; but, as it advances in years, 

 its ferocity gradually increafes, elpecially under confinement, and at length, 

 when arrived at maturity, it becomes a moft formidable, and fometimes 

 dangerous, animal. The body is covered with long, thick hair, well 

 calculated to refill the rigour of the climate of which it is indigenous. The 

 toes are connected by membranes, the conformation of which is fuch as to 

 enable it to fwim very rapidly, and to dive with the greatefl eafe ; and its 

 eager appetite for raw fiih feems to bear fome analogy with its attachment 

 to the water. 



This beautiful animal has been only known of late years in .England ; but 

 as it breeds very freely, and the climate feems well adapted to its conliitution, 

 it is now become pretty common, and has hitherto fhewn no figns of 

 degeneracy, nor loll any of its good qualities. It was originally brought 

 from Newfoundland, where the inhabitants find it of efiential fervice. Its 



