. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 363. THE SPRINGER, OR COCKER, Is lively, a61:ive, and pleafant; an unwearied purfuer ofits game -, and very expert in raifing woodcocks andfnipes from their haunts in woods and marlhes, throughwhich it ranges with amazing perfeverance. Of the fame kind is that beautiful little Dog, which,in this country, is well known under the appellation ofKing Charless Dog; the favourite and conftant compa-nion of that monarch, who was generally attended byfeveral of them.—It is dill preferved as an idle but inno-cent
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 363. THE SPRINGER, OR COCKER, Is lively, a61:ive, and pleafant; an unwearied purfuer ofits game -, and very expert in raifing woodcocks andfnipes from their haunts in woods and marlhes, throughwhich it ranges with amazing perfeverance. Of the fame kind is that beautiful little Dog, which,in this country, is well known under the appellation ofKing Charless Dog; the favourite and conftant compa-nion of that monarch, who was generally attended byfeveral of them.—It is dill preferved as an idle but inno-cent companion.—Its long ears, curled hair, and web-feet, evidently point out its alliance with the more ufefuland a6live kind laft mentioned. Similar to this, but fmaller, is the Pyrame-Dog.—It isgenerally black, with reddifh legs ; and above each eye isa fpot of the fame colour. Still farther removed, we have the Shock-Dog; a di-minutive creature, almoft hid in the great quantity of itshair, which covers it from head to foot. 364 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. Another variety is the Lion-Dog; f
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