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THE CARNIVORES 



tightly curled, so as to lie on one side of the back, with rather more than one complete 

 turn The head is rounded, and second only in relative size to that of the bull-dog, with 

 a short but not retreating face. The black ears should be short, and shaped like a vine 

 leaf the teeth even ; and the dark brown eyes full and soft. The body is thick and 

 "punchy " with a very loose skin; and the legs should be straight, with small bones, 

 narrow feet and dark nails, without any white on the toes. A black mole on each cheek, 

 with several long hairs growing from it, is also considered an essential point in a pug. 



TIBET DOG. 

 ( One-twelfth natural size. ) 



The Chinese, or, as it is often incorrectly called from being imported into Japan 

 and thence taken to Europe, the Japanese pug, is a still more extraordinary ani- 

 mal, exhibiting a kind of degradation from overbreeding. One of these taken to- 

 England about 1867 was a slender-legged animal with very long hair, and the bushy 

 tail closely curled over its back. The face was extremely short, and the jaws very 

 feeble, with only a single pair of incisor teeth in the lower one. This pug lived 

 chiefly on vegetables, and exhibited a special partiality for cucumbers. 



This dog is a magnificent animal, usually placed among the mas- 

 tiffs, with which it agrees in the general physiognomy, and especially 

 the large pendulous upper lips, or "flews," as they are technically termed. It 



Tibet Dog 



