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7. He hath a very ftr«ng memory, infomuch 
that he will remember the way to his Matters 
houfe, though through Woods and Lands, and will 
remember thofe perfons a long time that have in- 
jured him : he will lay up thofe bones that he can- 
not eat, and fetch them out again when he hath oc- 
cafion for them ; when he is afleep in the night 
he will remember what he hath feen in the day- 
time ; and therefore it is we often hear them bark 
in their fleep when no body is nigh them. 
8. He is very careful of his whelps, and will 
fuffernoone to take them away from him,; he 
loveth to be among company, but as timerous 
when among ftrangers, as he is bold among his ac- 
quaintance. 
9. He hath a kind of ambitious defire ; for 
Tlmarch faith, that Dogs^ if they get a hare alive,* 
befmear their mouths with the blood of it ; this 
they do not do if they run her dead, then they will 
not touch her, but ftand about it wagging their 
tails, to fignifie that they rejoyce not fo much in 
the flefh of it, as in the Vi£lory ; Plifij faith, that 
it is a fignof an Hemck fpirit in Dogs, that if any 
one lyeth upon the ground, they will not meddle 
with them ; and the SchoHaft upon Homer faith, 
that it isthebeft way to fecure our felves againft 
Dogs, to fit down and hide our flicks ; and we may 
adde further, that as the deepefl Rivers make the 
leaft noife, fo, fearful Dogs will bark more than 
: they will bite. 
j 10. A cannot endure to fee the Moon, and 
are very much afrighted at a SpeElrum or appari- 
