GROUP II. 



Watchers and Defenders of Life and Property, 

 Companion and Ornamental Dogs, 



Including : 



1. The Bulldog. 



2. The Mastiff.' 



j. The St. Bernard. 



4. The Newfoundland. 



. The Dalmatian. 



6. The Thibet Mastiff. 

 J. The Great Dane. 

 8. The German Mastiff, or 

 Boarhound. 



The head formation in all the varieties I have placed 

 in this group agrees more or less closely with Cuvier's 

 description of his third division, namely, muzzle more 

 or less shortened, skull high, frontal sinus enlarged, 

 condyle of the lower jaw extending above the level of 

 the upper cheek teeth, and the cranium diminished in 

 capacity. 



CHAPTER VII. THE BULLDOG. 



By F. G. W. CBAFBR. 



OF the many distinct varieties of the domesticated dog, the bulldog, 

 although one of the oldest and purest, is the most neglected and mis- 

 represented. From being very numerous and popular, it has become 

 so scarce that other dogs number hundreds, even thousands, to every 

 bulldog. It is rarely seen except at dog shows, where it is looked upon 



