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All, or the greater part of what T have 
now written, you may already know: 
T muft further tell you,. that the dog ac- 
coupling with the wolf produces a-breed 
which is furprifingly fierce; but there tsa 
breed ftill fiercer produced between the 
dog and tyger. Thefe are of fuch {wift- 
nels and terocity that they feem very 
devils. The domeftic races ‘(i chien de 
demefche nature) are here in great variety. 
There is a fmall dog-very watchfal and ft 
to guard the houfe. The ladies have dogs 
with nofes that turn upwards, (pug-dogs). 
which they keep in their chambers,and ad- 
mit into their beds. Some of thefe dogs, 
when their dams and fires are fmafl, are 
reduced to a fize which appears aftonifhine; 
and this is effected by giving them little 
feed and confining them in a little veffel. 
At the fame time they are frequently pulled 
by the ears; which caufes their ears to be 
Jong and to hang downwards: this being 
comlidered as a great perfection. 
\There is the beagle (draches) which 
has naturally long fweeping ears. This 
dog is for the purpofe of hunting, becaufe 
he difcovers his game by his fceut. ‘They 
who take delight m the chacé are -very 
attentive to the breed of their dogs; left 
it fkould be deteriorated or fpoilt by inju- 
dicious croffing. For this perfection of 
nofe greatly depends upon the right choice 
ef fire and dam. It is, as it were, an 
inheritance which defcends from the pa- 
rent to the offspring. Hence, the pro- 
-verbial faying applied to villains, or per- 
fons in a ftate of vaflalage, ** dogs hunt 
by nature.” 
They have likewife the greyhound, 
which we call fegus, becaufe it purfues 
the hare as foon as feen, having no fcent. 
Dogsyare taught whilft very young 
what particular game they are to follow ; 
whether it be the flag, the hare, the rab- 
-bit, or any other wild animal. 
The biced-hound (maffiz) is a dog of 
“great fize and courage, and is ufed to hunt 
the wild boar, and other wild beafts of 
great ftrencth. He will even attack a 
man. I have read in an ancient hifory, 
that a king who had been taken prifoner 
was refcu.d by means of his dog. It 
". feems this animal affembled together a 
Jarge troop of dogs, and at‘acked the 
king’s enemies with fo much fury, that 
they were forced to fiy’and leave their 
royal prifonér behind them. 
Not long fince there was a battle of 
does in Champagne, in France, when all 
the degs of the province met In a certain 
plam and fought with fo much fury, that 
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not one of them efcaped: from the field of 
battle alive. 
I have already obferved the great fide- 
lity and ftrong affection which dogs enter- 
tain towards their mafters; and I will re- 
late to you fome fiories IT have met with in 
certain authors relative to the fubjet. 
When  Facelins was flain- his dog trom. 
that hour refufed his meat altogether, and) 
actually died of grief. King Lyfimachus 
was condemned for his crimes to be burnt 
to death, and his dog rufhed imto the 
flames atter him, and was burnt with his 
mafter. Another dog followed his maf- 
ter into prifon, and when the mafter was 
thrown into the Tyber, which rung. 
through Rome; the dog jumped into the 
river alter him, and brought his mafter’s, 
body to the fhore. I could relate from. 
hiftories other inftances of ‘the excellent, 
qualities of dogs; but thefe may fuffice. 
[Chien naift fans venue. Mais puis 
recnevre fa veue felon lordre de fa nature. 
Et ja foit ce que chien aiment plus home 
que nule befte dou monde generaument. 
Ti ne cono‘flent pas eftranges gens fe ceaus 
non entor cui il abitent, et fientent fon non” 
et reconoilt la vois de fon maiftre.. Et cil. 
a plaies il les garift’ o fa lengue. Et, 
fovent vomift fon paft, Et puis le re-. 
manjue. Et quahtil aporte char ou autre. 
‘chofe ala bouche et il pafle aucun flum,. 
Maintenant que il voit lombre de, ce que il, 
porte. I] laifle ce que il porte, por. 
lautre quieft nciens. Et bien fa chies que 
quant chien et lou faflemblent. II - naift 
une maniere de chiens gui mout font fiers. 
Mais les tres fiers ae par affemble- 
ment de chien et de tygres qui font ifnel 
et fi afpre que ce eft droite deable. Li. 
autre chien de demefche nature font de 
maintes manieres. Car il ya petis chiens 
gofies qui font bons a garder maiflons, et 
fia autres chien camufcz por guarder 
chambres et lis as dames; et fi il font en- 
gendres de parrons petis lon les puet nerrir 
en lor juenece de m’It petite viande ou en 
petit pot, f que il feront fi petis et fi 
bricf que merveilles. Lt fi doit tirer fes 
oreilles fovent; car lors font il plus gent 
quant il fontclinans, Li autre font braches 
as oreilles pendans qui conoiffent lodor des 
befies et des oifiaus, et porce font il bons 
ala chace, et fqui en ce fe delite, al les 
doit mout amer et garder les de faus 
affemblement;° car chien nont’ pas la. 
coroiffance dou nes fe par lignage non, et, 
por ce li proverbes as vilains dit chiens 
chafe par nature. Liautre font levrier, et 
font apeies fegus,porce que il futent la befie 
jefques ala fin. Dom il en ya de tes que 
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