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S14 Dogs ufed in War—Apjlum for the Deaf and Dumb. [Nov. 1, 
feature in the frructure of its calyx, is yet 
one which may, as a fpecific diftinction, 
miflead the inexperienced botanift, who 
will not unfrequently fiad the fame ftruc- 
ture in the Serpyllunt. 
Page 735. Geranium pyrenaicum. G. 
perenne, Hadfon. Fi. Angled. 1? 
Page 859. Bidens cernuavar.y. Fi- 
gura cum icone fpeciei in Fl. Lond. falc 3. 
t. 55- ; 
Page 942. The Durham Aaditat of the 
Cypripedium Calceolus, is Cafile Eden 
Deare, where it was firft difeovered by 
Mr. Stephen Robfon ; but is now, I fear, 
becoming very {carce. . 
Seversl further remarks, which I have 
to offer, I fhall refer to a future commu- 
nication ; in the mean time, however, ex- 
preffing with my own, the anxious hope of 
every claffical botaniftt in the kingdom, 
thatit will not be long before the con- 
cluding and molt important volume of 
this valuable Flora will appear. The ac- 
curacy, precificn, ard induttry, of its able 
‘author, and the “advantages derived from 
his fortunate poffefhon.of the L'nnzan 
Muteum, have enabied him to iupply a 
Flora, which, with even the few imperfec- 
tions it contains, affords the completeii hil 
tory of the vegetable productions of our 
own country, and forms a ftandard model 
for the compofition of every fimilar under- 
teKing. 
OG. 10. Kn. Cy 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magaxine. 
SIR, 
DLEASE to inform Major Rainsford, 
that in any of the early voyages Ihave 
read, I do not find any mention of dogs 
being ufed for war in the new world, till 
3495. Sce Herrera’s Hillery of America, 
Voi. 1. page 145%. At that tuwe I mutt 
yemark, they were not ufed as a “ com- 
mon refource,”’ but as a new animal like 
the horfe, to intimidate the natives. See the 
Lie of Columbus, by his fon ; Churchili’s 
C- lleétion, Vol. 2 page 614, edition 1704. 
The ferocity of manners and love of 
-human fleth, to which they were afcer- 
wards accuftomed by the Spaniards, was 
fubiequent to the death of Queen Ifabella, 
which took place in 1g04. Sce Casa’s 
Relation of the Crueltics of Spaniards, 
page 17. Asa proof of what I have advan- 
ced, Columbus in 1500, acquainted their 
Majeitics of Caftile, that, ** Three hun- 
dred Spaniards was a fufficient number to 
his enquiries to that perioi; if not, Strabo 
will inform him the Gauls ufed dogs for the 
.purpofes of war. 
keep the ifland (Hispaniola) in fubje&ion, 
efpecially fince they had taught the dogs 
to bite ; for one fiugle Spaniard went about 
as fafe as if he had been guarded by an , 
109 men.”’ Herrera, Voi. 1, page 244. 
The firft pofitive proofs of an Indian be- 
ing killed by one of the dogs, eccurred in 
1502, in the cafe of the Cazigue of Saona, 
and that was by accident : ibid page 256. 
They were afterwards gradually trained 
to hunt the Indians till they vied with 
their inhuman matters, in the deftruction 
of that unfortunate people. Ihave always 
thought they were originally cf the Inth - 
Wolt breed, and imported into Hifpaniola 
by Bartholemew Columbus, on his return 
from England, where he had been folicit- 
ing our Henry VII. to employ his brother. 
He landed in 1494, and his brother joined 
him, September 29, the fame year, from a 
fruttiefs expedition to Cuba, after a fepa- 
ration of {even years.. Herrera Vol. 1, page 
138. Inan expedition, March 1495, the 
dogs are firft mentioned, and Herrera exs 
preffly fates they were wolf-dogs—(ibid 
page 145) which dogs at that time were 
highly prized throughout Europe, but 
now nearly extinct. 
Fam, your's, &c. 
| A. B. 
Cambden Town, OF. 1.5, 1804, 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SiR, j 
'T may not be unpleafing to the readers 
of. your extenfive and excellent Publi- 
cation, to have fome account of an Inftitu- 
tion, hitherto but too littl known, and‘ 
novel in fome meafure, at leait in this 
country ; for till the year 1792, nothing 
of the fort exifted here: —I mean the A/- 
lum for the Deaf and Dumb Children of 
indigext Parents—{upported by voluntary 
contricutions. Before that period, this 
clafs of beings (littie thought to be to nu- 
merous) were left to pals their days in that 
dreary feclufion and ufeleiinefs which their 
natural defect, and confequent ignorance, 
impofed upon them,without help and with- 
ont hope! An apology, it is true, for 
this apparent tardinefs of public benevo- 
lence in coming to ¢heir relief, while ex- 
tending itfelf to almoft every fpecies of 
human imperfeétion and diftrefs befides, 
may readily be found. It was little ful 
pected that their numbers rendered them 
of {uch importance ; for, while the misfor- 
tune of the lame and the blind met the eye 
of every paficnger, thefe mutes were pail- 
ed unheeded, becaufe unabie to raife the 
voice of fupplication for that compaflion 
they fo much required’; their fad condi- 
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