HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 303 



The Greenland DOG. 



The favage afpe£t and difpofition of this Dog feem to 

 bear fome affinity to the rigours of the climate it inha- 

 bits. 



The Pomeranian (or Wolf Dog of M. Buffon) the Si- 

 berian, Lapland, and Iceland Dogs, are fomewhat fimilar 

 to it in the fharpnefs of their muzzles, in their long fhag- 

 gy hair, and bufhy curling tails. The principal differ- 

 ence is in their fize. — Though much larger, they have 

 all fome refemblance to the Shepherd's Dog. 



Moft of the Greenland Dogs are white ; but fome are 

 fpotted, and fome black. They may rather be faid to 

 howl than bark. — The Greenlanders fometimes eat their 

 flefh : They make garments of their fkins, and ufe them 

 in drawing fledges ; to which they yoke them, four, five, 

 and fometimes fix together *. 



* Five of thefe Dogs, that had efcaped with their trappings, 

 were found in Greenland, and brought to this country a few years 

 ago by one of our fhips in the fifhery. 



