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the Imperial breed, and of such was the pair 

 which your mother-in-law had sent to her from the 

 Summer Palace in 1860, and also which I picked up 

 in the Summer Palace garden ; also the one called 

 ' Lootie,' picked up by a military officer, whose 

 name I forget, and which he presented to her 

 Majesty (Queen Victoria). This last lived to a great 

 age at the Windsor kennels. I believe that these 

 five were all that were taken, as I took some trouble 

 to find out whether any had got into the French 

 camp, and found none. We heard that the dogs had 

 all been carried off to Yehal, at the time of the 

 Emperor's flight. To be more particular, I suspect 

 that these five dogs belonged to an aunt of the 

 Emperor, who, not having taken flight with him, 

 committed suicide on our approach to the Summer 

 Palace. The dogs picked up were certainly in a 

 part of the garden which I was told was frequented 

 by this lady. Secondly, there is another breed which 

 is confounded with these;; they present the same 

 characteristics, appearance very similar, and disposi- 

 tion equally charming, but they are much larger. 

 They are also called Pekin Spaniels, but they were 

 as different breeds originally, I feel sure, as a Pegu 

 pony is from an English hunter. They are seldom 

 so well provided with hair on the feet, and the 

 trousers do not go down far enough. At shows 

 there should be two classes : the Summer Palace 

 Sleeve Dog and the Pekingese Spaniel, or any other 

 names such as would prevent the shows giving prizes 

 to dogs whose ancestors never could have seen or 

 smelt the inside of the Imperial Palace at Pekin." 

 The dog mentioned as having been presented to 

 Queen Victoria was secured by General Dunne, who 



