3 i6 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



times meets with very fevere treatment, which it fuftains 

 with great courage and fortitude : A well-trained veteran 

 Dog frequently proves more than a match for that hard- 

 bitten animal. 



There are two kinds of Terriers,- — the one rough, 

 {hort-legged, long-backed, very ftrong, and mod com- 

 monly of a black or yellowim colour, mixed with white 

 the other is fmooth, fleek, and beautifully formed, having 

 a. fhorter body, and more fprightly appearance : It is ge- 

 nerally of a reddilh-brown colour, or black, with tanned 

 legs ; and is fimilar to the rough Terrier in difpofition 

 and faculties, but inferior in fize, llrength, and hardi* 

 jjefs. 



The BEAGLE. 



Of thofe Dogs that are kept for the bufinefs of the 

 chafe in this country, the Beagle is the fmalleft, and is 

 only ufed in hunting the Hare. Although* far inferior in 

 point of fpeed to that animal, it follows by the exqui/ite- 



