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old Alpine blood, so does the large coarse bone and slight!}' 

 deficient muscular development, the dewclaw is olso fre- 

 quently portrayed. 



H. Weir constantly introduced a small dog by the side of 

 the mastiff in his pictures, this like many other little features 

 in his works is very instructive, furnishing a good idea of the 

 relative size of the dogs. 



Bruce 2nd was a blue or slate coloured brindle. and Mr. 

 Lukey bred from him considerably more than from Bruce ist, 

 having at that date a greater demand for puppies for foreign 

 exportation, sending them to Egypt, Xapaul. and other 

 countries. 



Up to 1850 Mr. Lukey's strain were mostly brindle. after 

 that date he and Mi. Thompson interchanged puppies, and 

 the latter proved himself to be really the more talented breeder 

 of the two. 



