The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-09

ing, and laying down MS ldn,ein, 5io". ~
strike the door, making all the noise III ms
power until it was opened; fhis master was
not there he would proceed farther IN the
same manner, until he had found hlni' II
he had accompanied him only once ihtoa
house, this was sufficient to INDUCE MN W
take that house in his round.
The principal use of this animal in ad-
dtion to his quality Of good watchdog, is
to assist in fetching from the woods the lum-
Der intended either for repairing the stages,
,r for fuel, which has been there cut and
laid up in piles and this is done either by
dragging it on the dead that is, on the bare
snow and ice, the ends being fastened togeth-
er with rope fixed to the tackling OF the
dog; or on sedges, or catamordnS. these
are formed of two pieces OF plank, shoed un-
deineath with hoops of iron or OF hard WOOD
joined by thick pieces from two feet to two
feet and half in length, and supporting tour
strong long knees, two at each end, tasten-
ed in an opposite direction; to this siedyc
the dog is harncsscd whilst the servant VINO
accompanies him directs his motions, and,
by the addition of his own efforts and weight,
modifes, as far as he is able, the rapdity OF
the sledge down steep hills In the vicinity
of rivers, the wood is thrown into them IN the
spring, and carried down the stream into the
harbour, through which great quantities gen
orally find their way into the ocean, where
the currents carry them to Greenland, Ice
land, the islands of Scotland, and even Nor
way,
The Newfoundland dog seldom barks, and
only when strongly provoked; it then ap-
pears like an unnatural and painful exertloh,
which produces noise between barking and
growing, longer and louder than snarl, and
more hollow and less sharp, than barking,
still strictly corresponding to the SOUNDS eH-
pressed by the familiar words, bow, WOW, !;
and here he stops, unless 1t ends IN howl,
in which he will instantancously be joined
by all the dogs within hearing. This hap
pens frequently, and, III a still calm mgnt'
produces a noise particularly hldcous. ne
Newfoundland dog resembles the Greenland
dog in several respects; but the two follow
/ ing facts establish some essential differences
between them.
The first of these facts is recorded III
| General History of Quadrupcds, and cited
in the " Critical Review, October, 1890, p.
417 )" the second, in the public prints OF the
time, and, among the rest, in" Bells week
1 ly Messenger, 1918, p. lo2."
! In December, 1884, a Greenland dog was
i left by smuggling vessel near sooner, Oh
the coast of northumberland finding HIM
self deserted, he began to worry sheep, ana
in that way did 50 much damage, that he
became the terror of the country within a
circuit of above twenty miles. When he
caught a sheep, he bit hole IN its right
side, and after eating the fat about the KID
ncys, left it: several Of them thus lacerated
were found alive by the shepherds, and be-
iny taken proper care Of, some of them re-
! ,.ftg ,nI lam
| farmers frequently pursued him with hounds,
greyhounds, &c but when the dogs came up
with him, he laid down on his back as if sup
plicating for mercy, and in that position they
never offered to hurt him; when the hunters
approached, he made off without being toll
lowed by the hounds, till these were again
excited to the pursuit, which always termi-
mated unsuccessfully. Having been one day
thus driven from Howick toupwards OF thir.
ty miles distance, he actually returned thi
ther and killed sheep the same evening. Afte,
MANY fruitless attempts, he was at last shot
; in the month Of March following upon a rocl
. on the Hcugh-hill, near Howick, where h'
had fixed his residence during the day, ant
where he had Il view OF four rouds that ap
: preached it.
/ In the month of March, 1919, a dog, sup
! posed to be Of the mastiff species, infested
, the neighborhood of Roehampton, and com
{. United great ravagcs among the sheep All,
: lambs, of which he destroyed forty two i
the course of three weeks. 1t was observes
: that his attacks were always made i'll til
: night, and that he used to seize his victim b
$. the throat and suck the blood but it di
4 not however, appear that he ever ca
: any part Of the flesh. The farmers and Ia
,f bourers in the ncighborhood were indefati
q gabic in their cndeavors to find out his haun
bit without success. Whether he was n
|. timately destroyed, or properly secured b
q his owner, We are not informed; ; but thci
( is sufficient ground to suppose that this ft
y rocious beast, as he is called in the accoul
u, OF this fact, was Newfoundland dog.
+ The Greenland dog is said exactly to It
: semblc the dogs of the EsquimauX of ii
ir Labrador, frequently to snarl and howl, b,
It never to have been heard to bark. He is a
in so described as naturally timerous, at Il
o. same time that if fnot tanned when young, h
III becomes remarkably Wild. The author
al Newfoundland dog never manifested al
&c Sign of a timorous disposition. After mai
u hard-fought battles until he had attained
II, his full growth, he soon established his cha
OF actcr and superiority. He was not quarre
1il some; he treated the smaller species with
IL great degree of patience and forbcaranct
t ; but when attacked by dog of his size,
G. engaged i'll restoring peace among 9th
dogs, he would set to most vigorously, al
T. continue the struggle until submission W
u ~, M. cprnnIptn1y III iShp1