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dogs, going up range in the Himalayas in 

 May to avoid the summer heat and tlie 

 wet of the monsoon, and returning in 

 October and November to escape the 

 snow. 



About twelve years ago Mr. Jamrach im- 

 ported a dozen of these dogs, somewhat 

 undersized, and, with one or two excep- 

 tions, not typical. Some of these went to 



from the heat. He only survived his arrival 

 at the Zoological Gardens by a few weeks. 

 Probably it was an error to place him in a 

 cage with a south aspect exposed to the 

 exceptional sunshine of the summer of 

 1906. His shorn condition in the photo- 

 graph is particularly interesting, since it 

 shows indubitably how closely the dog 

 approaches to the true ^Mastiff type. 



SIR WILLIAM INGRAM'S THIBET MASTIFF BHOTEAN 

 IMPORTED BY MAJOR W. DOUGALL 



Berlin, where their descendants still survive. 

 Some years earlier than Mr. Jamrach's 

 importations Count Bela Sczechenyi brought 

 three specimens from India to his Hun- 

 garian estate. A pair of the Count's 

 Thibetans proved fairly tractable, but one, 

 after destroying all the pigs and other small 

 stock he could catch, finished his career by 

 killing an old woman who had the temerity 

 to protect her property with a broomstick. 

 Prince Henri d'Orleans, returning from his 

 journey towards Thibet, secured some of 

 these dogs, but they died before reaching 

 Europe. 



In 1906 H.R.H. the Prince of Wales brought 

 home the one represented in ;Mr. Dando's 

 photograph (p. 512). The smooth appearance 

 of the animal is accounted for by the fact that 

 when in the Red Sea those in charge of hun 

 thought it expedient to clip his coat quite 

 short, as he was showing signs of exhaustion 



The following information on the Thibet 

 Mastiff is furnished by Mr. H. C. Brooke; — 



" One of the main characteristics of the dog 

 is his size, which should be as great as possible, 

 the forequarters especially being well developed, 

 with sturdy fore-legs. The hindquarters strike 

 one as being comparatively weak, but this, like 

 the possession of dew claws, is frequent with 

 mountain dogs of other breeds. The hon-hke 

 mane, standing, when the dog is in full coat, 

 straight out, ruff wise from the neck, enhances 

 the impression of his imposing size. In his 

 native land where, besides his duties as village 

 watchman and salt carrier, he is engaged to 

 guard flocks from wild beasts, he is often pi'o- 

 vided with an iron collar, which does considerable 

 damage to his ruff. The coat is very dense, with 

 a woolly undercoat, standing well out. Its 

 colour is usually black and tan, sometimes all 

 black, while red specimens are found. His 

 splendid bushy tail is often carried high, even 

 curled over the back. The character of the 



