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after Lady Willoughby de Eresby, which are marked in color by 

 their peculiar cold stone-fawn, and the excess of black often show- 

 ing itself, not in brindled stripes, but in entirely or nearly entirely 

 black heads, and large *' saddle marks " or wide " traces." 



But coincidently with this formation of a new strain was the ex- 

 istence of another, showing a richer and more yellow fawn, and no 

 tendency to excess of black. This strain was possessed by the late 

 Mr. Morrison, of Walham Green; the late Mr. H. Gilbert, of Ken- 

 sington: Mr. W. Macdonald, now of Winchmore Hill, but at that 



-PAIR OF PUG DOGS. 



time residing in London ; and some other fanciers of less note. 

 According to Mr. Morrison's statement to me (which, however, he 

 did not wish made public during his life), this strain was lineally 

 descended from a stock possessed by Queen Charlotte, one of which 

 is paiiit?d with great care in the well-known portrait of George 

 IIL at Hampton Court ; but I could never get him to reveal the 

 exact source from which it was obtained. 



