DOG. 
can wolf as it is certain that the dog of N .America^ 
or rather its fubftitute, on its firfl difcovery by the 
Englijh , was derived from the -f wolf, tamed and 
domefticated ; fo it is reafonable to imagine that of 
S. America had the fame origin: thefe fubftitutes 
cannot bark, but betray their favage defcent by a 
fort of howl: want the fagacity of a true dog *, lerve 
only to drive the deer into corners : the wolfifh 
breed to this day deteiled J by European dogs, who 
worry them on all occafions, retaining that diflike 
which it is well known all dogs have to the wolf: 
this reclaimed breed commonly white : have {harp 
nofes, and upright ears. 
The dog fubjedt to more variety than any other 
animal *, each will mix with the other, and produce 
varieties Hill more unlike the original flock : M. de 
Buffon , who with great ingenuity has given a genea¬ 
logical table of all the known dogs, makes the Chitn 
de Berger , the fhepherds dog, or what is fometimes 
called Le chien-loup , or the wolf dog, the origin of 
all, becaufe it is naturally the moft fenfible; be¬ 
comes, without difcipline, almoft inftantly the 
guardian of the flocks •, keeps them within bounds, 
reduces the ftragglers to their proper limits, and de¬ 
fends them from the attacks of the wolves. We 
have this variety in England; but it is fmall and 
weak. Thpfe of France and the Alps , are very 
large and ftrong *, fharp-nofed, eredt, and fha.rp- 
eared; very hairy, efpecially about the neck, and 
* Hernandez, 479. 
't 7 Smith’s hiji. Virginia , 27. 
% Catejhy Carolina, XI. App xxvL 
have 
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