134 WATCH DOGS, HOUSE DOGS, AND TOY DOGS. 



above the average, the mistake arising from the evident dispro- 

 portion between the brain and the skull. For the whole head, 

 including the zygomatic arches and cheek-bones, is so much larger 

 than that of the spaniel of the same total weight of body, that 

 the brain may well look small as it lies in the middle of the 

 various processes intended for the attachment of the strong 

 muscles of the jaw and neck. I have never been able to obtain 

 the fresh brain of a pure bulldog for the purpose of comparison, 

 but, from an examination of the skull, I have no doubt of the fact 

 being as above stated. The mental qualities of the bulldog may 

 be highly cultivated, and in brute courage and unyielding tenacity 

 of purpose he stands unrivalled among quadrupeds, and with the 

 single exception of the game-cock, he has perhaps no parallel in 



C. Stockdale, Esq., Shepherd's Bush, who has compiled it from authcutic 

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