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£44 THE 1 J I S T O R Y >Boofc t appellations of it, the Aiyn of th6 Welch, the Azen of the Armpr ricans, apd the Afal of the Irifh, demonfhatively prove* . But by the intermixture of them and the horfes another fort of animal was formed in the ifland, fharing ufefully the nature of both* and denominated by the Roman name of Myl, Mul, or Mule. Thefe the Britons as well as the Gauls rauft have yoked ft* their chariots, *nd have taught them all the various paces and all the ready obedience of their managed horfea u # The breed of our Britifh dogs muft oiice have been as fre- quently wild as our horfes, and has as great a propenfity to be- come wild at prefent. In the defert piaips of Patagonia, where the European horfes have lapfed into abfolute barbarifoi, the European dogs have equally lapfed with them ; and are found equally lavage in the beautiful but uncultivated ifUnd of Juan Fernandes. The wild dogs o£ Britain muft have been early re- (claimed by the Britifli hunters, apd their pfioeiples of courage: and their powers of faga<pity havo been early converted agaiaft their unreclaimed brethrep of the fbrefts.. And both fuch as had always remained t^w and fych as, had once been wild par* ticularly attracted the admiration* of the nituraliih^ and greatly engaged the regard of the fportfnjen, among the Romans before and after their conqqefts ip the ifland. But feto principal forts which feem to be genuine natives of the Toil are thefe five, the great boufliold-dog> die gEeyhou^d^ the bulldog, thfc terrier* and the ljirge flow hfltffld* , The fir-ft is bl^V witfr frt> powtt* of J&gacity at -all, but is animated with aft. vjRffujimon ^cce of courage*, Audit is pe* culiajly diftiiigniflwd from other? by a fwly dignity o£ afpe£t, 7 by a genuine good-naturednsfa »f temper* and by an honeifc fidelity of heart* We Jbave a breed of thefe at Manchester that is euwmoufly tali and kicge*. And juft fuch an one is repre- sented upoa a coin of Cunobeline r and a. perfoa appears mounted iiieways upon it, the worthy animal waving its tail and turn- iiig up its face with a feuftUe fa$sfa£tto& in its rider l V The bull-dog enjoys equally a- fagacity of nofe and a> bravery of {pint. The latter indeed h fa peculiarly eminent* that this; di>g;