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o fall the vermin kind; such as weasels^ foumarts^ 
badgers^ rats, mice, &c. It is fierce, keen, and 
hardy, and, in its encounters with the badger, 
sometimes meets with very severe treatment, 
which it sustains with great courage and forti- 
tude; and a well-trained veteran dog frequently 
proves more than a match for that hard-bitten 
animal. The Terrier is generally of a reddish 
brown-colour, and sometimes black; and there 
are diifereat races, some of Avhich are rougher and 
stronger than others. The Terrier is of a long 
form ; short legged, and strongly bristled, about 
the muzzle. 
Turnspit. — This is a breed very much on the de- 
cline in England, though still used in some other 
countries. It is a long bodied, short legged dog, 
with crooked or bowed knees, and is commonly 
of a dusky grey, spotted with black. 
Alco. — ^The Peruvians, it is said, on the arrival 
of the Spaniards, had some domestic animals of 
this name, w^hich were of the size and disposi- 
tion of small dogs; and from their appearance, 
and because they were equally faithful to their 
masters, they were called by the Spaniards Peru- 
vian Dogs. The descriptions, however, of the 
animal are not quite so clear as might be wished. 
It had a very small head, an arched back, and a 
short, pendulous tail ; its general colour was white, 
patched or spotted with yellow. 
Besides the varieties of dogs above enumerated, 
there are many others arising from the mixture 
of breeds; but it would be tedious, as well as use- 
