[ Macloc / New, Complete, and Universal Natural History... ]
Full title: New, complete, and universal natural history of all the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, in the known world. Illustrative of their natures, dispositions, manners, habits, &c. Regularly arranged and compiled by J. Macloc, esq. Embellished with upwards of four hundred elegant engravings, cut by Mr. J. Thompson, from designs of the most approved naturalists.
I have been able to find no information about this author. This work appears to be his only book. The engraver, whom I suspect is John Thompson (1785 – 1866), became one of the more prominent wood-engravers of his day, mainly doing natural history engravings but also engraving images that appeared on British stamps and paper currency for much of the 19th Century. (Not to be confused with James Thomson — no "p" — another noted engraver of the era — he lived from 1788–1850 — who worked principally on metal and mainly engraved portraits.)
This work was first published in 1813 (London: A. K. Newman), and was reprinted several times. The text below is from the final, 1821 printing (Philadelphia: Pounder).
The second paragraph of this work's discussion of Newfoundlands is clearly adapted from Thomas Bewick's A General History of Quadrupeds (or one of the later authors who borrowed from Bewick).
The NEWFOUNDLAND Dog, is a large handsome animal, with a remarkably benevolent and pleasing countenance, and is justly celebrated for its fond attachment to its master: it is also web-footed, and can swim with great ease and swiftness. This animal is highly prized by sea captains for its utility in case of shipwreck.
This breed of dogs was originally brought from the country of which they bear the name, where their great strength and docility render them extremely useful to the settlers on those coasts, who use them in bringing down wood from the interior parts of the country to the sea side. They are attended with no person to guide them; but after delivering their loading, they return with the empty sledge to the woods, and receive, in dried fish, &c. their reward. (72)
Although this work is heavily illustrated, the only two dog breeds shown are the "springer" and the greyhound. There is, however, an illustration of the rompo (aka "the man-eater"), a purely mythical creature.