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have their tails turned up or curled ; and by acci¬ 
dent, their faces often fliew the marks of their com¬ 
bats with the wolf. 
I fhall follow M. de Buffon ^ in the catalogue of 
dogs; but add fome few remarks, with the fyno- 
nyms of a few other writers, to each variety. 
I. Shepherd’s Dog, Le Chien de Berger, de 
Buffon , v. 201. tab. xxviii. Canis domefticus. 
Rati fyn. quad. Lin.fyft. 57. 
Its varieties, or neareft allies, are, 
a Pomeranian Dog, Le Chien Loup de Buffon. 
tab. xxix. * 
( 3 . Siberian Dog, Le Chien de Siberie. Tab. xxx. 
II. Hound, or dog with long fmooth and pendu¬ 
lous ears. Le Chien courant. p. 205. tab . xxxii*. 
Canis venaticus fagax. Rail fyn. quad. 177. Canis 
fagax. Lin. fyfi. 57. This is the fame with the 
blood-hound. Br. Zool. I. 51. and is the head of 
the other kinds with fmooth and hanging ears. 
&. Harrier. Le Braque. Tab. xxxiii. 
* Notwithftanding M. deBuffon denies the'junction of the wolf 
and bitch, yet there has been lately an initance to the contrary. 
Mr. Brook, animal-merchant, in Hclborn , turned a wolf to a Pome¬ 
ranian bitch in heat: the congrefs was immediate, and as ufual 
between dog and bitch : (he produced ten puppies. 1 have fmee 
feen one of them that had very much the refemblance of a wolf, 
and much of its nature; being flipped at a weak deer, inllantly 
taught at the animal’s throat and killed it. 
| 3 . Dalmatian. 
