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DRUPEDS. 
QUA 
Strabo tells us, that the maftives of Britain 
were trained for war, and were ufed by the 
Gauls in their battles f; and it is certain a 
well trained maftiff might be of confiderable 
ufe in diftreffing fuch half armed and irregu¬ 
lar combatants as the adverfaries of the Gauls 
feem generally to have been before the Ro¬ 
mans conquered them. 
The laft divifion is that of the Degeneres , 
6 r Curs. The firft of thefe was the TPappe, 
a name derived from its note : its only ufe 
was to alarm the family, by barking, if any 
perfon approached the houfe. Of this clafs 
was the V ? rfator , or turnfpit ; and laftly the 
Saltator , or dancing dog ; or fuch as was 
taught variety of tricks, and carried about by 
idle people as a fhew. Thefe Degeneres were 
of no certain fhape, being mungrels, or mix¬ 
tures of all kinds of dogs. 
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We Ihould now, according to our plan, after 
enumerating the feveral varieties of Britijh 
dogs, give its general natural hiftory, but the 
great Linnaeus has performed it with fo accu¬ 
rate and mafterly a hand, that we ftiall adopt 
his fenfe, tranflating his very words (when¬ 
ever we may) with litteral exaCtnefs. 
■f- Strabo. Lib. 4. 
cc The dog eats flelh, and farinaceous vege- 
“ tables, but not greens : its ftomach digefts 
“ bones : it ufes the tops of grafs as a vomit. 
“ It voids its exerements on a ftone: the album 
“ grsecum is one of the greateft encouragers 
“ of putrefaction. It laps up its drink with its 
“ tongue : it voids its urine fideways, by lift* 
“ ing up one of its hind legs ; and is molt 
cc diuretic in the company of a ftrange dog. 
££ Odor at anum alterius : its fcent is moft ex- 
cc quifite, when its nofe is moift : it treads 
££ lightly on its toes $ fcarce ever fweats 5 but 
cc when hot lolls out its tongue. It generally 
cc walks frequently round the place it intends 
cc to lye down on : its fenfe of hearing is very 
<£ quick when afleep : it dreams. Prods rix- 
tc antibus crudelis: catulit cum variis : mordet 
C( ilia illos : cohceret copula junctus : it goes 
cc with young fixty-three days ; and common- 
<£ ly brings from four to eight at a time : the 
££ male puppies refemble the dog, the female 
££ the bitch. It is the moft faithful of all 
££ animals : it is very docible : hates ftrange 
££ dogs : will fnap at a ftone thrown at 
££ it: will howl at certain mufical notes : 
££ all (except the S. American kind) will bark 
£C at ftrangers : dogs are reje&ed by the Ma - 
<£ hometam 
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