DOGS OF CHINA AND JAPAN 



It was proved on investigation that the cherished treasure 

 had changed hands at the Lung Fu Ssu dog-cheap indeed 

 at about sevenpence (thirty cents). 



Dogs of good breed still exist in Peking ; but native interest 

 in them has dwindled with the diminishing power of their 

 Imperial protectors, and with the increasing poverty of the 

 Manchu nobles. It appears likely that unless a powerful 

 reaction sets in within the next few years, the present dearth of 

 good specimens will reduce the race in Peking to a dodo-like 

 extinction. 



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