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DOG ments, the colours possessed little or no lustre. The. berries of this shrub are at present chiefly employed in Britain bv the apothecary, for making the conserve of heps. — On account of its line flavour, the pulp of these berries is likewise used by the house-wife, in the north of Europe, for the preparation of domestic wines, with the addition of sugar. In a dried .->tate, this pulp affords a grateful and rich ingredient in sauces. But we conceive that still greater advantage may be derived from dog-berries, by submitting them to the processes of fermenta- tion and subsequent distillation. From an experiment we can made last autumn, it appeared that are gallon of this fruit, without airy admixture, but that of a little w.iter, yielded about two pints of first r minings, which, after being distilled a second time, produced o c nint of a very pure pro- if spirit. DOG's - TAIL GRASS, ; the Crested, or Cynosuraa cristatus, L. an indigenous perennial plant, which grows in dry pastures, on a moist clayey soil, and blows in July. It v shorter than those of any of the pasture grasses ; but they grow closely together, in great abundance, and are very pa- latable to cattle, particularly to sheep. — Br.CHSTEix afrirms, that the latter animals grow remarkably fat bv pasturing on the dififa species of dog's-tail grass; and: that their flesh thence acquires a fia- •ly delicate. Hence this plant might be advantageously J. in fields designed for <*] walks, but by no means as a mea- dow or bay-grass. 1 1 > straws are uncommonly hard and tough ; toad, as fciey shoot up at a s DOL when the leaves of all other grasses are very plentiful, they are not cropped by cattle, but generally suffered to stand and perfect, their seeds, which afford a scanty sub- sistence to pigeons, at a time when their food is scarce. Dogs-tongue : — See Hound's Tongue. DOGs- VIOLET, or Viola ca- ?rina,im indigenous perennial plant, which thrives in shady places, heaths, and hedge-banks : it is in flower from April to June. — Sheep are very fond of this herb, and bees collect honey from its blos- soms. — The roots, when dried and pulverized, are said to be an ex- cellent vermifuge, and were for- merly drunk in wine, as an approved remedy for the colic. On account of their supposed astringent and re- storative properties, they are some- times given in water, to cure chil- dren of the e iiepsy. Dog- Wheat: See Dog's- Gk ass. DOLPHIN, or Belphinus pho- cae/ia, L a cetaceous fish, found in the German oc> an, and also in the Mediterranean sea. It. is co- vered with a smooth, but very tough and firm skin ; its body is sometimes S feet long, and of a conical form, except its back, which is prominent. This fish has b cth in both jaws, and above its snout, or nose, is a pipe, through which it spouts the water, necessarily taken in with its food. Dolphins oft.cn follow ships at sea, and seise upon whatever is thrown overboard, as they are ex- Iremely swift in swimming, and are able to live a considerable time, out of water ; though, for want of air, they can continue in it otfly foe a very short period. Hence they
