Mirza Abu Talib Khan Isfahani, in Ireland c.1799: "the poor animal was put into a hollow wheel, and, being impatient at his confinement, endeavoured to clamber up the wheel ... I was told that the dog had been thus employed, for two or three hours every day, for 15 years"
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How have I not come across Turnspit dog's before? Poor things. They were literally bread to turn meat on the spit. You can see one working in the wheel of this picture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnspit_
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