MASTIFF.—Canis familiaris. 
horns, his patience gave way and he flew at the offender. Off scampered all the cows, 
but soon returned to the charge. Nelson stood firm to his post, only retreating a few 
steps as the cows approached the garments which he was guarding, and then dashing at 
them again. However, the cows’ “hoofs and the Dog’s feet began to wreak such dire 
mischief among the clothes, that we found ourselves compelle d to drive away the 
assailants and carry our clothes to the opposite bank of the river, where no cows could 
interfere with us. 
The head of the Mastiff bears a certain similitude to that of the bloodhound and 
the bull-dog, possessing the pendent lips and squared muzzle of the bloodhound, with the 
heavy muscular development of the bull-dog. The under- -jJaw somctimes as a 
little, but the teeth are not left uncovered by the upper lip, as is the case with the latter 
animal. The fur of the Mastiff is always smooth, and its colour varies between a 
uniform reddish-fawn and difierent brindlings and patches of dark and white. The voice 
is peculiarly deep and mellow. The height of this animal is generally from twenty-five 
to tw enty-eight inches, but sometimes exceeds these dimensions. One of these Dogs was 
no less than thirty-three inches in height at the shoulder, measured fifty inches round his 
body, and w eighed a hundred and sev enty- -five pounds. 
The Cupan MastIFF is supposed to be produced by a mixture of the true Mastiff with 
the bloodhound, and was used for the same purpose as the latter animal. It was not a 
native of the country where its services were brought into requisition, and from which it 
has consequently derived its name, but was imported there for the purposes of its owners, 
being taught to chase men instead of deer. 
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