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is a trufty and ufeful fervant to the farmer and grazier 9 

 and, although it is not taken notice of by naturalifts as a 

 diftincl: race, yet it is now fo generally ufed, efpecially 

 in the North of England, and fuch great attention is paid 

 in breeding it, that we cannot help confidering it as a 

 permanent kind. 



They are chiefly employed in driving cattle, in which 

 they are extremely ufeful. They are larger, ftrong- 

 er, and fiercer than the Shepherd's Dog ; and their hair 

 is fmoother and fhorter. They are moftly of a black and 

 white colour. Their ears are half-pricked : And many 

 of them are whelped with (hort tails, which feem as if 

 they had been cut: Thefe are called Self- tailed Dogs, 

 They bite very keenly; and as they always make their 

 attack at the heels, the cattle have no defence againft 

 them : In this they are more than a match for a 

 Bull, which they quickly compel to run. — Their fagacity 

 is uncommonly great : They know their mafter's fields > 

 and are Angularly attentive to the cattle that are in them : 



