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muzzled dogs, many of which are large and ferocious. The
half-wild dogs of India, Africa, and Australia, the numerous
tribe of hounds, terriers, spaniels, and sporting dogs, all
belong to the first division. The second boasts of the noble
Newfoundland, the useful and sagacious shepherd’s dog,
without whose invaluable assistance, the Scotch mountain
pastures would be almost useless; the cur, and the turn-
spit, whose labours in the kitchen are superseded by the
march of invention. The third includes the bull-dog and
mastiff, which, though in many ways serviceable to man,
have neither the swift motion nor the affectionate and
playful disposition of the first two divisions, being gene- -
rally surly in temper, and snappish to all bat their imme-
diate protectors. That the ferocity of the most savage dogs
is mixed with much that is amiable and intelligent, is
proved by an anecdote which has recently appeared in the
public prints. In consequence of an alarm of fire near
Drary Lane, a poor woman contrived to get on the top of
a chapel, and was making her way across the adjoining roof, .
when she fell through a skylight into a factory in which was
kept a ferocious dog of the bull-terrier species. Guided by
her groans, several men went to her rescue, but, fearing the.
dog, they hesitated. At length fourteen of them rushed in,