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it ; and in March, 1785, after many fruitless at- 
tempts, he was at last shot there. 
In one part of his journey through North Ame- 
rica, Mr. Bartram observed, on an extensive lawn, 
a troop of horses that were feeding, and under the 
controul only of a single black dog, similar, 
in every respect, to the wolf of Florida, except 
that he was able to bark like a common dog. He 
was very careful and industrious in keeping to- 
gether his charge ; and if any one strolled from the 
rest to too great a distance, the dog would spring 
up, head the horse, and bring him back to the 
company. The proprietor of these horses was an 
Indian, who lived about ten miles from this place ; 
who, from a whim, and for the sake of experiment, 
had trained his dog to this business from a puppy. 
He followed his master's horses only, keeping them 
in a separate company where they ranged ; and 
when he found himself hungry, or wanted to see his 
master, in the evening he returned to the town 
where he lived, but never stayed from home at 
night. 
In South America, multitudes of dogs breed in 
holes like rabbits. When these are found young, 
they instantly attach themselves to mankind, and 
never desert their masters to rej oin the society of 
wild dogs, their former companions. These dogs 
have the appearance of the greyhound, carry their 
ears erect, are very vigilant, and excellent in the 
ehace. 
Some nations admire the dog as food. In some 
of the South Sea islands dogs are fattened with ve- 
getables, which the natives savagely cram down 
their throats when they will voluntarily eat no 
more. They become exceedingly fat ; and are 
allowed by Europeans who have overcome their 
prejudices, to be very palatable. They are killed 
fey strangling ; and the extravasated blood is pre^ 
