DOGS OF CHINA AND JAPAN 



the Japanese, and are dwarfed, it is said, by the use of saki 

 a spirit to which their owners are particularly partial." * 



Idstone, writing in 1872, states that " Originally the 

 King Charles was a liver-and-white dog." He thought the 

 breed originated in Japan, and said that the first imported 

 Japanese were pale yellow and white. He also thinks that 

 the Blenheim comes from Japan through Spain. 



Mrs. Hugh Fraser states that there are two kinds of lap- 

 dog in Japan : one, the Chin dog above mentioned, which 

 she refers to as a degenerate King Charles, and " a smooth, 

 rather bald beast with spots, both kinds having prominent 

 eyes." f 



* " Visits to Japan and China," by Robert Fortune, pp. 96-98. 

 f " A Diplomatist's Wife in Japan," by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, p. 119. 



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