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at shoulder, 2ft. Gin. ; length from centre between shoulder blades 

 to centre between ears, 1ft. ; from latter point to end of nose, llin. ; 

 length from shoulders to setting on of tail, 2ft. 7in. ; length of tail, 

 1ft. 4in. ; measurement round head just behind ears, 2ft. ; just above 

 eyes, 1ft. Sin. ; at point of nose, lOin. ; his girth measured fairly tight, 

 not outside the hair, 3ft. ; his weight is 8st. 81b. His hair is long, 

 straight, and pure white, which is his chief beauty. The Indians take 

 great pride in rearing a pure white wolf dog, and when they manage to 

 secure one they have a feast in his honour, called the ' Feast of the 

 White Dog.' I refrain from attempting the native names, lest I should 

 display my own ignorance and do some damage to my readers' jaws. 

 Garry is said to be the produce of an Esquimaux bitch, crossed nine 

 times by a prairie wolf. The Indians chain up the Esquimaux mothers 

 in the neighbourhood of the wolves, to whose kind attentions they leave 

 them. The dog Garry has travelled many thousand miles over the snow, 

 drawing a sleigh, and is quite tame, following his master closely through 

 the streets without chain or muzzle. Sometimes he is treated to this latter 

 sign of ' civilisation,' under which he is very patient, though he 

 continually endeavours to free himself from it. His food is plain dog 

 biscuit, which he eats without complaint, though at first he ate raw meat 

 ravenously. His master, however, finding his blood was getting too hot, 

 gradually reduced him to one meal per day of dog biscuits. He is very 

 tractable and docile, and but for his enormous size would not give any idea 

 of ferocity. His eyes are very small, and of a pale yellow colour. 



" The long thick tail, the pointed head, and short pointed ears seem 

 unmistakably to show the wolf blood in the dog, and his general appear- 

 ance shows his descent. His mouth would easily take in a man's leg, 

 and his teeth are a caution to dentists. Whether he feels flattered 

 by being told that we are possessors of developed ' canine ' teeth I can't 

 say. 



"His owner tells me he does not bark, but utters a low growl when 

 enraged, and at night howls piteously. 



"The dog was entered for exhibition at the last Birmingham dog 

 show, 1876, where he was awarded a special prize." 



The mystic story of Garry's birth and parentage is very charming, but 

 I fear the talismanic number nine would alone be fatal to it, as it is 

 decidedly suspicious ; and in these days of Kennel Stud Books we 



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