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his enemy, he waked for an obie(5l more worthy of 
his courage and his ftrength. At laft a tremen- 
dous lion was produced; and then the Dog ac- 
knowledged his antagonift, and prepared for the 
combat. He infiantly difcovered a degree of un- 
governable fury, feized him by the throat, and to- 
tally difabied him from refifbance. On this the 
Indian, who was defirous of fjrprizing the king, 
and trying the confcancy and bravery of his Dog, 
ordered his tail to be cut off; which was performed 
Vi'ithout difficulty, as the intrepid Dog was en- 
gaged in holding the lion. He next ordered one 
of his legs to be broken; which, however, did not 
in the ieaft abate the ardour of the Dog, but he 
fHil kept his hold as before. Another leg Avas 
then broken; but the Dog, as if unconfcious of 
pain, only preffed the lion with more eagernefs. 
In this cruel manner, all his legs were amputated, 
v,-ithout abating his courage; and at laft, when 
even his head was feparated from his body, the 
jav/s feemed tenacious of their former hold. A 
fight fo cruel did not fail to afFcfl the monarch 
with very ftrong emotions, at once exciting pity 
for the Dog's fate, and admiration of his fortitude. 
Onv/hich the Indian, feeing him thus moved, pre- 
fen ed liim with four Dogs of the fame kind, which 
in fome meafure alleviated iris folicitude for the 
lofs of the former.' 
However, the breed of Dogs in India is at pre- 
fent greatly inferior to what the foregoing relation 
feems to imply; and -in many places, inftead of 
Dogs, the natives employ animals of the cat kind 
in their hunting-matches. In other parts of that 
vaft continent alfo, this admirable and faithful ani- 
mal, inftead of being applied to his natural ufes, 
is only bred for the mke of food. Throughout 
the extenfive empire of China, there are Dog- 
butchers, and fliambles for the fole purpofe of 
vending their flefli. At Canton, in particular, 
there is a whole frreet ap[)ropriated to that ufe : 
and, what is very extraordinary, vrhenever a Dog- 
butcher makes his appearance, all the neighbour- 
ing Dogs immediately purfuc him in full cry, and 
periecute him to the utmoft of their power. 
On the coaft of Guinea, the flefli of Dogs is 
eftcemed lb great a delicacy by the negroes, that 
they will readily exchange a cow for a Dog: how- 
ever, by this uncivilized race of human beings 
fcarcely any living creature is ever rejcdted. It 
may indeed happen that the flefii of this animal, 
which is fo indifferent in the ternoerate clim.ates, 
may aflume a fuperior quality in thofe which are 
more torrid: ftill, however, it is highly probable 
that the diverftty is rather ovv'ing to man than to 
the flefti of the Dog; fince, among the hyperbo- 
rean favages, it is eaten with equal avidity; and 
Dog-feafts are as frequent with them as venifon ones 
widi us. 
The v/i\d animals v/hich approach neareft- to the 
Do.<y are the v/olf and the fox ; and thefe, though 
tlvey greatly refemble each other in their internal 
conformation, are very diftinft in their natures. 
The ancients believed that they bred together; and 
it is inconteftibly evident that a Dog and a fox, or 
a Dog and a wolf, will engender in this country. 
Pennant informs us, that the proprietor of a me- 
nage in I-Iolborn having turned a wolf to a Pome- 
ranian hot biich, the congrefs was as ufual between 
Dog and bitch, and the fruits produced were ten 
puppies. ' One of them,' fays this ingenious na- 
turalift, I have feen at. Gordon Caftle, which had 
very much tlie refem-blance of a wolf, and much 
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of it's nature; raid, on being flipped at a weak deer) 
it inftantly feized the animal by the throat, and 
killed it.' He could not, however, learn whether 
this mongrel continued it's fpecies; though another 
of the fame kind did, and ftocked the vicinity of 
Fochabers^ in the county of Murray, with a mul- 
titude of curs of a very wolfifli afpecl. A mon- 
grel of this fpecies was lately in the poffeffion of 
Sir Willughby Afton. During the day-time, it 
proved very tame, but at night relapfed fornewhat 
into it's natural ferocity. It never barked, but ra- 
ther howled. When introduced by it's owner into 
a field or pafture Vv'here Iheep were feeding, it ge- 
nerally feigned lamenefs; but in his abfence it in- 
ftantly attacked them. This creature had been ob- 
ferved to copulate with a bitch, which afterwards 
pupped; and the breed was imagined to bear a 
pretty ftrong refemblance to the fuppofed fire. 
As a farther proof that the bitch will breed with 
the fox, the wood-man of the manor of Monge- 
well, in Oxfordftiire, lately kept one, which was 
the offspring of a tame fox by a fhepherd's cur; 
and fhe afterwards pupped by means of a Dog. 
Since, therefore, fuch authentic proofs exift of the 
farther continuance of the breed, we may fafely re- 
fer the wolf and the fox to t'ne canine tribe. 
However, all the endeavours of Bufibn to pro- 
cure a mixed breed of thefe animals proved ineffec- 
tual. This naturalift informs us, that he bred up 
a young wolf, taken in the v/oods at the age of two 
months, with a matin-dog of the famie age. He 
fnut them up together in a large yard, furnifhed 
with a flielter for their retirement. Neither of 
them knew any other individual of their kind, nor 
any of the human fpecies except their feeder. In 
this fituation they remained for three years, al- • 
ways properly attended, and free from all bodily 
reftraint. During the firft year, thefe young ani- 
mals fpent their v.me chiefly in fporting with each 
other. At the commencement of the fecond, they 
began to quarrel roncerni'ng their provifions, 
though fupplied with m.ore than they could pofTibly 
devour. Their difputes always originated on the 
part of the wolf ; v/ho, inftead of proceeding to eat 
the victuals placed before them, immediately began 
to drive away the Dog, and catching up the wooden 
platter in which they v/ere ferved, fo expertly in her 
teeth as to luffer none of it's contents to fall on the 
ground, in this manner carried it off: but, as fhe 
could not entirely efcape,^fhe frequently ran round 
the yard with it five or fix times, ftill holding it -in 
the fame pofition, thougli ftopping at times for the 
purpofe of breathing; till the Dog coming up, the 
wolf let fall her booty in order to attack him. The 
Dog, however, was the ftrongeft of the two ; but, 
being more gentle, had a collar ak»vays round his 
neck, the better to fecure him from the fury of the 
wolf. On the arrival of the third year, the quar- 
rels of thofe ill-paired affociates becoming more 
vehement, and their combats more frequent, the 
wolf was neceffarily collared, as Vv'ell as the Dog, 
who began to be more fierce and untradable. 
During the two firft years, neither of thefe crea- 
tures feemed to fhevv' the leaft tendency towards en- 
o-enderino- top-ether; and it vv^as not till the end of 
the third, that the v/oif (the female) indicated any 
natural defire, but without abating either in her 
fixrcenefs or obftinacy. This appetite rather in- 
creafed than abated their natural animofity; they 
became daily more ungovernable and ferocious, 
and nothing but the growlings of difcord and re- 
fentment refbunded continually from their habita-. 
tion. 
