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DOG. 
approaches in appearance to the largest kind of 
Shepherds' Dog. The ears are short and erect : 
the tail rather bushy : the hair^ which is of a red- 
dish dun-colour, is long, thicks and strait. This 
Dog is capable of barking, though not so readily 
as the European Dogs : it is extremely fierce, and 
has the same sort of snarlino- and howlino; voice 
as the larger dogs in general. By some it has 
been erroneously said neither to bark nor growl. 
Those which have been brought over to Europe 
were of a savage and untractable disposition. 
The Pomeranian Dog (Canis Pomeranius. Lin. 
GmeL ) is distinguished by upright ears, long hair 
on the head, and an extremely curved tail, so as 
to form almost a circle. This Dog is generally of 
a white colour. 
The Siberian Dog (Canis Sibiricus. Lin, GmeL) 
is nearly allied to the preceding, and may be sub- 
divided into several races, differing as to strength 
and size. The Siberian Dogs are principally used 
in that country and in Kamtschatka for drawing 
sledges over the frozen snow in winter. Four, 
or six, or more, according to circumstances, are 
commonly yoked to the sledge, and will readily 
carry three persons with their baggage, and thus 
perform a journey of fifty or even sixty English 
miles in a day. Their fidelity, however, is not 
highly praised, and their malignity sometimes 
renders it necessary for the master to be on his 
guard against their stratagems. In Kamtschatka 
in particular, the treatment which the dogs re- 
ceive is said to be such as seems but ill calculated 
