natural IirSTORY. 
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fo attach thcmfelves to mankind, as never to 
defert their mailers, or return to their fav- 
age companions: 
1 he clog is the only animal ‘whofe fidelity 
is unlliakcn, and almoll the only on? that 
knows his name, and anl’wers to the domellic 
call. No other animal complains aloud for- 
the ablcuce, or iofs of his mailer, or finds fo- 
leadily his v/ay home, after he has been ta- 
ken to a dilla]}t place. 
Of all animals, the dog is moll liable to- 
change in its foinn ; the different breds are 
fo numerous, that it is impolTible for the- 
moll minute obferver to clefcribe them ; 
food, climate;- and education, all tend to- 
caule deviations in lize, hair, lliape, and co- 
lour. The fame dog becomes a different a- 
nimal, if tak.en to a different climate from- 
that in which he was bred. Nothing, there-- 
fore, but their internal ftrudlure, diflinguifli- 
es this fpecies from ever;^ other. They may- 
be laid to be all, originally, from the lame 
flock r but which of the kinds can claim the 
immediate elefeent, is not yet determined. 
The different fpecies of this animal, in its- 
domellic llate, are, the lliepherd’s clog, 
hound, fpaniel, grey-hound, Danifli dog, 
malliff, bull dog, pup clog, Irifla grey-hound,, 
terrier, blood-hound, lejmmer, tumbler, 
lap dog, fmall Danifli clog. Harlequin clog,, 
cur clog, fliark, Turkilli,. and lion dogs. 
