. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE DALMATIAN, OR COACH DOG, {^Le Braqiie de Bengal, BufF.) Has been erroneoufly called the Dant/h Dog; and, by , the Harrier of Bengal; but for what reafon it isdifficult to afcertain, as its incapacity of fcenting is fuffi-cient to deftroy all affinity to any Dog employed in thepurfuit of the Hare. It is common in this country at prefent, and js fre-quently kept in genteel houfes, as an elegant attendant ona carriage.—We do not, however, admire the cruel prac-tice of depriving the poor animal of its ears, in order toe
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE DALMATIAN, OR COACH DOG, {^Le Braqiie de Bengal, BufF.) Has been erroneoufly called the Dant/h Dog; and, by , the Harrier of Bengal; but for what reafon it isdifficult to afcertain, as its incapacity of fcenting is fuffi-cient to deftroy all affinity to any Dog employed in thepurfuit of the Hare. It is common in this country at prefent, and js fre-quently kept in genteel houfes, as an elegant attendant ona carriage.—We do not, however, admire the cruel prac-tice of depriving the poor animal of its ears, in order toencreafe its beauty •, a pi-a£Vice fo general, that we donot remember ever to have feen one of thefe Dogs un-mutilated in that way. Y 2 340 HISTORY OF THE IRISH GREYHOUND, [CaJiis Grains HibernicuSi Ray.—Le Matin, BufE) Is the largeft of the Dog kmd, and its appearance the moll beautiful and majeilic. It is only to be found in Ireland, where it was formerly of great ufe in clearingthe country from Wolves.;—It is now extremely rare,and is kept rather for fhow than ufe, being equally un-ferviceable for hunting either the Stag, the Fox, or theHare. Thefe Dogs are about three feet liigh, generally of awhite or cinnamon colour, and made fomewhat like aGreyhound, but more robufl: Their afped: is mild, and HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 341 their difpofition gentle and peaceable: Their ftrength isfo great, that in combat the Maftiff or Bull-Dog is farfrom being equal to them. They moftly feize their anta-gonifls by the back, and fliake them to death, whichtheir great fize generally enables them to do with Buffon fuppofes the Great Damp Dog to be only a vtiriety of the Irifh Greyhound. Next to tliis, in fize and ftrength, is THE SCOTTIS
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