HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 307 



his Dog ; and that, after every amputation, it would at- 

 tack the Bull. The cruel experiment was tried ; and the 

 Dog continued to feize the Bull as eagerly as if he had 

 been perfectly whole. 



Of late years, this inhuman cuftom of baiting the Bull 

 has been almoft entirely laid afide in the North of Eng- 

 land; and, confequently, there are now few of this kind 

 of Dogs to be feen. 



As the Bull-Dog always makes his attack without 

 barking, it is very dangerous to approach him alone, 

 without the greater!: precaution. 



The MASTIFF 



is much larger and ftronger than the Bull-Dog ; its ears 

 are more pendulous ; its lips are large and loofe; its af- 

 pe£t is fullen and grave, and its bark loud and terrific. — 

 He feems every way formed for the important trull of 

 guarding and fecuring the valuable property committed 



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