SPORTING AND GUARD DOGS 



dogs and bitches, with a great gun, wherein a man may sit 

 upright." * 



A separate Chinese variety is known as the Hsi Yang Min- 

 tzu, and comes from the Mahommedan districts of Kansu and 

 Shensi, where it is used for hunting hares and foxes. It is a 

 diminutive greyhound, short-coated, beautifully proportioned, 

 of distinctive type and breed. A large variety is said to exist. 

 Three specimens were brought to Peking in 1914. Measure- 

 ments of two of these are appended. 



Neck to tail 

 Length 

 Length 

 Age 



Colour 



Coat 

 Sex 



A kindred breed of coursing dog is the Chinese wolf-hound, 

 which is found in the encampments of the Mongolian princes, 

 and is used for hunting wolves and foxes. Many of the chiefs 

 have from 40 to 50 couple of these hounds. Few have been 

 seen by Europeans. They are said to be similar to the Borzoi. 

 Two of them were brought to Tientsin some years ago and are 

 remembered, when escaped from their keepers, as having 

 captured a Pekingese dog which was unfortunate enough to 



" Calendar of the State," East Indies, 1513-1625. 



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