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differs greatly from the rest of the kind,, in being 
entirely without "hair. Tbe'skin, which is perfect- 
ly bare,, is of a flesh-colour, with brown spots ; 
and their figure/ at first view., is rather disgusting. 
These seem to be of the small Danish breed,, 
brought into" a warm climate,- and there,, by a 
succession of generations/ divested, of their hair.. 
For this reason, they are extremely chilly, and 
unable to endure the cold of our climate ; and, 
even in the midst of summer, they continue to 
shiver as we see men in a frosty day. Their spots 
are brown, as was said, well marked, and easily 
distinguishable in summer ; blit in the cold of win- 
ter they entirely disappear. They are . called, the 
Turkish breed, although brought from a much 
warmer climate ; for some of them have been 
known to come from the warmest parts of Africa 
and the. East-Indies. 
The last variety, and the most wonderful of 
all that I shall mention, is the great Irish wolf- 
dog, that may be considered as the first of the 
canine species. This animal, which is very rare* 
even in the only country in the world where it is to 
be found, is rather kept for show than use ; there 
being neither wolves nor any other formidable 
beasts of prey in Ireland, that seem to require so 
powerful an antagonist. The wolf-dog is there- 
fore bred up in the houses of the great, or such 
gentlemen as choose to keep him as a curiosity, 
being neither good for hunting the hare, the fox, 
nor the stag, and equally unserviceable as a 
house dog. Nevertheless be is extremely beautiful 
and majestic to appearance, being the greatest of 
the dog kind to be seen in the world. The largest 
of those I have seen, and I have seen above a dozen, 
was about four feet high, or as tall as a calf of a 
year old. 'He was made extremely like a grey-' 
hound, but rather more robust, and inclining to 
