HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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The TURNSPIT 



is generally long-bodied, has (hort crooked legs, its tail 

 curled upon its back, and is frequently fpotted with black 

 upon a blue-grey ground. It is peculiar in the colour of 

 its eyes ; the fame Dog often having the iris of one eye 

 black, and the other white. 



It is a bold, vigilant, and fpirited little Dog. At pre- 

 fent, however, its fervices feem but little attended to; 

 a more certain method of doing the bufinefs of the fpit 

 paving fuperfeded the labours of this induftrious animal. 



The P U G -D O G, 



in outward appearance, is every way formed like the 

 Bull-Dog; but much fmaller, and its tail curled upon 

 its back. — It was formerly very common in many parts 

 of England; however, at prefent, it is rarely to be met 

 with. — Although it has no longer its admirers here, Mrs 

 Piozzi informs us, that fhe faw great numbers at Padua, 

 in Italy ; and that it ftill maintains its place in the favour 

 of the fair-ones of that country. 



From thefe, and a mixture of others, proceeds a num- 

 berlefs variety of Meflets, Lap-Dogs, Dancers, Waps, 

 Mongrels, and compounds without end. 



