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only to alarm the family,, or, being taught a variety 
of tricks, yyere carried about as a show. 
With regard to those of later importation, the 
bull-dog, as M. Buffon supposes, is a breed 
between the small Dane and the English mastiff. 
The large Dane is the tallest dog that is generally 
bred in England. It is somewhat between a mas- 
tiff and a grey-hound in shape, being more slender 
than the one, and much stronger than the other. 
They are chiefly used rather for show than service, 
being neither good in the yard nor the field. 
The highest are most esteemed ; and they generally 
cut off their ears to improve their figure, as some 
absurdly suppose. The harlequin is not much 
unlike the small Dane, being an useless animal, 
somewhat between an Italian grey-hound and a 
Dutch mastiff. To these several others might he 
added, such as the pug-dog, the black breed, and 
the, pointer ; but, in fact, the varieties are so 
numerous as to fatigue even the most ardent 
curiosity-.” 
Of those of the foreign kinds, I shall mention 
only three, which are more remarkable than any 
of the rest. The lion dog greatly resembles that 
animal, in miniature, from whence it takes the 
■ name. The hair of the fore part of its body is 
extremely long, while that of the hinder part is 
as short. The nose . is short, the tail long, and 
tufted at the point,, so that in all these particulars 
it is entirely like the lion. However, it differs 
very much from that fierce animal in nature and 
disposition, being one of the smallest animals of 
its kind, extremely feeble, timid, and inactive. 
It comes originally from Malta, where if is found 
so small, that women carry it about in their 
sleeves. 
That animal, falsely called the Turkish-dog, 
