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neck is protected with a collar studded with iron 

 points. 



"This pugnacious breed is especially in favor in 

 England, and it is from the English word dog that 

 we French take our word dogue, in the sense of 

 'bulldog.' 9 



"Then dogue means dog?" asked Emile. 



"Nothing else. From the same word comes the 

 diminutive doguin (pug-dog), by which we designate 

 that little growling, scatter-brained poltroon, glut- 

 ton and good-for-nothing, better known to you under 

 the name of carlin (pug). Like the bulldog, it has 

 a round head, short and flat-nosed muzzle, and hang- 

 ing lip ; and up to a certain point it has also the bull- 

 dog character, which it shows by a noisy rage, not 

 having the size or strength necessary for anything 

 further. " 



"That 's the funny little dog that barks at me in 

 the doorway and immediately runs in if I pretend to 

 go after it. ' ' 



' ' The Turkish dog is another useless animal. Its 

 size is that of the pug. It is remarkable for its al- 

 most naked skin, oily-looking, black, or dark flesh- 

 color, and spotted with brown in large splashes. It 

 has little intelligence and no attachment to its mas- 

 ter. Its singular nakedness, which in our climate 

 makes it shiver with cold a good part of the year, is 

 its only merit, if it be a merit. I should rather call 

 it a very disagreeable infirmity. Those who take 

 pleasure in raising these poor animals clothe them 

 in winter with a cloth coat." 



