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WATCH DOGS, HOUSE DOGS, AND TOT DOGS. 



to the bitch, equally tall, but deep, lengthy and muscular, with 

 broad massive heads and muzzles. Some of these latter stood 33 

 inches at the shoulder, and by the time they were two years old 

 weighed upwards of 190 lbs. They had invariably a fifth toe on 

 each hind leg, which toe was quite distinct from a dew-claw, and 

 formed an integral portion of their feet. By bad management, I 

 was only able to bring a somewhat indifferent specimen with me 

 on my return to England from America — a badly reared animal, 

 who nevertheless stood 32 in. at the shoulder, and weighed 170 lbs. 







Fiff. 30.— ROUGH ST. BERNARD, TELL. 



This dog Lion was the sire of Governor and Harold, by Mr. 

 Lukey's bitch Countess, and so certain was I of the vast size of the 

 breed in him, that I stated beforehand, much to Mr. Lukey's in- 

 credulity, that the produce would be dogs standing 33 in. at the 

 shoulder— the result being that both Grovernor and his brother 

 Harold were fully that hight. In choosing the whelps, Mr. Lukey 

 retained for himself the best marked one, an animal that took 

 after the lighter of the two strains that existed in the sire ; for 

 Governor, grand dog and perfect mastiff as he was, compared to 

 most others of the breed, was nevertheless shorter in the body, 

 higher on the leg, and with less m.uscular development than Har- 



