The upper cheek teeth are six on each side, the three first are sharp, trenchant, called by Cuvier _false molars_; the following, a carnivorous tooth, has two cutting lobes, beyond which, on each side, are two flat teeth. In the lower jaw there are seven; four false molars, a carnivorous tooth, has two cutting lobes, beyond which, on each side, are two flat teeth, and two tuberculous teeth behind it. The length of the jaws and muzzle vary greatly; the tongue is smooth; the ears are extremely variable; there are five toes on the fore-feet, and four on those behind, furnished with longish nails, obtuse, and not retractile, and the mammæ are ventral; the eye-pupils are circular and diurnal, or formed for seeing by day. * * * * * _Dogs exempt from Duty._—Whelps which are not six months old at the time of returning your list for taxes. Dogs belonging to any of the royal family, who are exempt from all duties on sporting. Poor persons, who are not assessed for dwelling-houses, may keep one dog, provided it be not a sporting dog. SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH DOGS. │Terrier. │Hounds │Harrier. │which hunt │Foxhound. │Dogs │in packs. │Bloodhound. │of │ │Chase. │ │Irish Greyhounds. │ │Hounds │Gazehound. │ │which hunt │Greyhound. 1. The most │ │singly. │Leviner, or Lyemmer. general kinds. │ │Tumbler. │ │ │ │Spaniel, or Springer. │Fowlers. │ │Setter. │ │ │Large Water Spaniel, or Finder. │ │Lap Dogs.│ │Spanish Gentle, or Comforter. │ │Shepherd’s Dog. 2. Farm Dogs. │Watch │ │Mastiff. │Dogs. │ │Bull Dog. │ │Wrappe. 3. Mongrels. │Mongrels.│ │Turnspit. │ │Dancer. Although it is said by naturalists that there are only thirty-seven varieties of the dog, yet the fact is, that almost every nation on earth intertropical, temperate, and polar, has its own peculiar variety.—_Brown._—_Daniel._—_Cuvier._ DORMOUSE, _s._ A small animal which passes a part of the winter in sleep. DOSSIL, _s._ A pledget, a nodule or lump of lint. DOTTEREL, (_Charadrius morinellus_, LINN.; _Le Guignard_, BUFF.) _s._ The name of a bird. [Illustration]