. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . king of beafts, fliould never after fightwith any Inferior creature. The Maftiffs of Great-Britain were noted in the timeof the Roman Emperors, who appointed an officer, whofefole bufinefs it was to breed and fend from hence fuch aswould prove equal to the combats of the amphitheatre. The following anecdote will fhew, that the MaftliF,confcious of its fuperior ftrength, knows how to chaftifethe Impertinence of an inferior:—A large Dog of thiskind, belonging to the late M. Ridley, Efq. of Heatton,near Newcaftle, being frequently
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . king of beafts, fliould never after fightwith any Inferior creature. The Maftiffs of Great-Britain were noted in the timeof the Roman Emperors, who appointed an officer, whofefole bufinefs it was to breed and fend from hence fuch aswould prove equal to the combats of the amphitheatre. The following anecdote will fhew, that the MaftliF,confcious of its fuperior ftrength, knows how to chaftifethe Impertinence of an inferior:—A large Dog of thiskind, belonging to the late M. Ridley, Efq. of Heatton,near Newcaftle, being frequently molefted by a Mongrel,and teazed by its continual barking, at laft took it up Inhis mouth by the back, and with great compofure drop-ped it over the quay into the river, without doing anyfarther Injury to an enemy fo much his Inferior. The IMaftiff, in its pure and unmixed ftate, is now fel-Y 338 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. dom to be met with. The generahty of Dogs difllii-guifhed by that name, feem to be compounded of theBull-Dog, Daniih MaftifF, and the THE BAN-DOG, Is a variety of this fierce tribe, not often to be feen atprefent. It is lighter, fmaller, more adlive and vigilant,than the MaflifF, but not fo powerful; its nofe is fmal-ler, and poflefles, in fome degree, the fcent of theHound ; its hair is rougher, and generally of a yellowifli-gray, ftreaked with fliades of a black or brown does not invai-iably, like the preceding kinds, attack itsadverfary in front, but frequently feizes cattle by theflank. It attacks with eagernefs, and its bite is keenand dangerous. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 339
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