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is generally black, light or dark gray, brown or yellow, the light shades being often 

 brindled. There are often white spots on the chest, and one or more white toes in 

 the lighter-colored examples. An unusually large dog measured upward of thirty- 

 five and one-half inches in height at the shoulder, when in his third year. In the 

 Black Forest these dogs are still used in boar hunting. 



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PET PUGS. 

 (One-sixth natural size.) 



p The curly-tailed pug-dog, which is a diminutive member of the 



mastiff group, is kept solely as a pet, and has suffered considerably 

 from the caprice of fashion in England, where it was much esteemed in the last cen- 

 tury, until it was suffered to fall into the neglect from which it was recently resus- 

 citated. The color is either yellow or stone fawn, with black "points "; these black 

 points comprising the face and ears, an area under the tail, and a more or less well- 

 marked streak down the back, which, in the so-called Willoughby pug, is most es- 

 teemed when it spreads out into a saddle-shaped patch. The coat should be soft, 

 short, and glossy, except on the tail, where it should be rougher ; the tail itself being 

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