GROUP I. 



Dogs which are distinct varieties from those 

 already described. 



Including : 



1. The Blenheim Spaniel. 



2. The King Charles 



Spaniel. 

 j. The Pug. 



4. The Pomeranian. 



5. The Poodle. 



6. The Maltese Terrier. 



. The Yorkshire Terrier. 



This group, with some of those included in the next, 

 are pre-eminently the ladies' dogs, and form the 

 natural class of lap dogs. In outward form they vary 

 much from each other, so that from the naturalist's 

 point of view they occupy positions far asunder. The 

 poodle, pug, and toy spaniels have short round skulls 

 and truncated muzzles, and in these respects the others 

 included in the group are just the opposite, and it is 

 only their holding the same relative position to man as 

 the toys and pets of the canine race that justifies their 

 being grouped together. 



CHAPTER I. TOY SPANIELS. 



BY CORSINCON. 



AT what date in the history of the human race ladies took to caressing 

 small dogs I do not know, but the fashion is a very old one, and has been 

 a very general one, if not universal, among nations at all advanced in 

 civilisation. 



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