"ZooBOCY. -mean« are -riqt di'fco.Ker^d .p f jptey.enting--the gopt, an ^ufeful'apknal'
to the,. b tw ] frQm' perog'tfa,d"?ftrij9 :iv,e |l% p ijn ta ftb n s’andagracu|cure.
' T h e ’breeds^of f^ in ^ ^ S v a r io& ^ a rS ufeful.
», England, alfti abopnd.sxin.breeds." b ^ d p g ^ 'fqm e of which.were „cele-
^ a t e d e v e ^ n Roman hpies» In the rpi^h->|ifElizafetih Dr, feam^vor Ji.ay
'enumerates ftxteen «iejm&ppIp^toQn£> o f i P
n q tp p x d n a • and ^AHpT|ccufe'^ S^fforijfla^ev e
terrier,%s tfe^ai^e^topiifV'yv'as.'ufeH t^ J b rc p -ttle 5% r^V ih |^ itfin ia ls
'from tbfejr ho le s^ tfie harrier* a-kfn fbithe fb x ^ o u n ft; e
hariL The ^reyrhound was f^c aBed » '^ ’(^aiu^dOT®m‘s us, S f e ^® |h e
^w^s.thQ.firfb-in degree Wpjag"dogs.''--. The tunra le rjof th a t author.
to be pin-lurcher. fpaniels. from Spain,. ®>„ tn,e name imports,
were trainedtas^-ftarters, f^te rs, and ppipteSrs, Jiu t the .kried f defcpiOTTon
is modern j tWwatpt-fpaniejl was yfed'tS^hoVer ty ^ tta d ^ to $ B ^m e ';
the fpa’nieh^,ea4 fe? or fcom&>rtpr o f Dr. Caius, fepur'la&JjqgH ‘the Sheph
e rd s ffogbis^dBuffon’s ^ f ttic I f u I ^ ^ e r o f the » llh o lf i'^ f f i^ ^ ro g ^ iy ,
amt always /titplayed .its.docile qualities. *p lEHc: maftiff, oramaWe
'was, employed in ,defending th e > h o u fe : .to, this Jpecies Mr^,Pennant
aicribes' the -bull-dog, an animahof f u ^ r if in g ^ ir it and. fr^ c& e |s. :r;The
curs and mongrel? are numerous; but the turnffiit is^nawExploded,
.Of late the Newfoundland-dog, of po^e, ufeful and _ genqrems, 'qualities,
has in feme; degree, fupplanted the maftiff; 'and the fpotted Dalmatian
forms an addhionaLattendantoil,an equipage ...
T h e eat is one o f th e moft universal, and moft i^effic^QfP.amraaI,s,
thofe of Angola excepted, with their white. peeees., and, thbfe of' jRujHia
with a bliftlh Eeqce, and eyes o f topaz, | |
O f’o orfevage animals^thesmoft-fierce and 'deftru&dve k theNwild qat,
which is thjeejOtfour time? as large as the dopneftiq, f la jjlp k d
face, colour'yeltowifh white,'mixed with deep grey, ill ftreaks running
from a black lift on the b a ck ; hip? always black, tail alternate bars, of
black and white; o,nly. fphnd in the moft mountmapus and .woody
parts. The wolf has been long extm<3:, but the fo x abohrids. It‘ I s
fufficienf to -name the badger, the fitchet, th e p p rtin , the ftoatjfbr
ermirij the o t^ r, fquirrel, dbrmoufe, rat
lately almoft: vanifhed before the brown kind of India, falfely called the
Nbrfvay
J ip rs » y rab),-and:v;ariquS'Mnd6.;of mice./ ^Tb&'mole, urchin, and
fe.em.iijp ^becPlh leb‘’r?1brSf rare ; 'ltHje”fqal,*i§. chiefl.y foppd pn< the cQ?.ft
p fr^ iie s,:5^'
f nSfhet parks^ ofj'tna great, -)tla^r^|;r'isf n ow ep in d t,, 'oiit3 fellow deer
H ig<s|^|Vftiea'uty,, ah<$J reiih deejr; jthe darter are known
b ft jb e .terms>nft^^ipd,4you,faig^;pj55CgJf -’t^ ij^ h q .ip j'.tn e r are ftyjed
buckydoe, .and feyri?;;4thevIfed kip-dj arpmpiq^yicious than fehqpthpj,%and
he.c.ohft Im p u r e ni.^ed|£jbn^^£>f',,i
The'chief ofeour argt thej.g^dqn eagle*,fbjhtqdpies
don? ^<th q'bJtac'k^.ea^l h a s. Sappeared in ^DMbyfhire; the
o f p i e p ^ } fea^eaglje’,v' fpegvs^^xtip ^Jktn1. England^. ’ peregrine, falcon
breeds iq Wafest; and imanydkin‘d.s. '©f ha^fgg E,pgk.n4 ;{ A n entype-
ratiptitoft t;he ©fher. bi’fdslW#ui‘d be*, fuper-^gop?,} The nightjhgal&/itiM
pf the pLoft.eelebratedj- fei npfjfoundrin J s f p r t h x \ v h e r e „ t q
thef NcsSthp except? about. sDoncailer^ wberp)Xi t ‘fibqpnds/ npr^dpes .it
travel foVfar weft as'Devonfhire *and C o r n e l l t This ^ftmifatioji is
remarkable; -as tbefe birds are found.in rhe^ Cpyere climate of Sweden.
O.urpoultry! feem1 to o ri^nate frjqm Afia; our peacocks aijefrom India;
our pheafants from tGofcbis p the rguinea-foyd .(the ’Meteagri^&^or^ij-
midian hens of thp^tiGients) arefromi|M r i ( ^ j tfOp^p}alleCt1^ir<lis the
gp]den^criefted. wreW^hiph^fports^pn thej higheff pine-trees ; and pur
pou.nfls> 4.nd a.rq
found in the open q au n tri^ .of, A e fp^ph and eaft. ,'^ u t ^ i s rbi^d jgb-
(dopi appears y ’apd- o u t turkeys, originafty.fram, America,, riphly, fupply
the,4 §fq<!i:,;r'the .la^geft are.yearqd' i.nf^9rfe^»-arf4* § uftblk. ^.;One, p fth e
moft ftpgular of crur,ysateryp^vl is- the Jongdq^;4sI',P^clv^r j4Jhe meft
pfffu^jthg mallard or wild-i'duck, which, is chiefly catight |ii) the feqs pf
L in c d ^ jjr e ; the, numbers, Eent^to thp ,oapital, almoft,, ^exceed' credibility*
, i .
jT-he reptiles^fe the eoriajGeops tprtolfe, .fr^_s(^,to,^dsK|eyeial kin4 s.,pf
liz_ar^S( ii .ofjppr fefperlts the;-viper alone is venpm©usy other kinds are the
£ir?§?d'fnake, fomj&tjmes found,fousr feet in len g th ; and the hlind worm*
feldotn-exceeding eleven inches.
ZOOIOGY.
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