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black, with a sharp nose, and small ears rather 

 close together. His eyes are small and brown, 

 and his feet round, with black toe-nails. His 

 tail alas, he has none! If Nature endows 

 him with one (which she does not, as a usual 

 thing), it is at once cut off, as entirely out of 

 place in a schipperke. 



This dog has many virtues. He is know- 

 ing and full of pranks, enjoys learning tricks, 

 which cannot be said of many of his kind. 

 He is lively, graceful, and comely, as well as 

 hardy, and he is naturally very neat. No dog 

 is more alert and interested in affairs around 

 him, and none more affectionate to his friends. 

 The Belgian spitz should weigh somewhat less 

 than a dozen pounds, and be dressed in rath- 

 er coarse hair an inch long and very thick on 

 the body, but longer about the neck, where it 

 literally stands up in excitement. It is also 

 somewhat longer down the spine, and it hangs 

 in a mass to hide his tailless condition. He 

 is in fashion at the present moment, and a 

 perfect schipperke is rare. 



Well known, though no longer on the top 

 wave of fashion, are the terriers, both smooth 

 and rough. None the less, however, are they 



