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of the household, that proves him a valuable 

 guardian. He is, moreover free from the 

 odor that is almost inseparable from his race, 

 and exceedingly offensive to ours, and for 

 personal neatness he is not to be surpassed. 

 What more could we ask in a house-dog? 

 It is true that he is not so intelligent as some 

 others the cocker spaniel, for instance 

 but he is no fool for all that. He is a born 

 aristocrat, declining to associate with the out- 

 cast dogs of the street, and he bears himself 

 with a dignity that in one of his size is very 

 amusing. One cannot help becoming attached 

 to the little beastie. 



The pug, as we generally see him on the 

 street or in the home of abundance, is too 

 fat. His graceful proportions are lost, his 

 liveliness is lessened, and he reminds one too 

 strongly of his grosser relative, the bull- dog. 

 The weight of puggy should never be allowed 

 to reach twenty pounds twelve is better. 

 His markings should be very pronounced and 

 very black, his nose blunt, square, and like 

 satin ; his ears and the back line, the moles, 

 and the thumb-marks that distinguish him, 

 of the most ebony hue. Then if the wrinkles 



