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foundland or bloodhound they answer well as yard-dogs, but 

 the produce is generally of a savage nature, while the pure breed 

 is of so noble and mild a nature that they will not on any pro- 

 vocation hurt a child or even a small dog, one of their most 

 remarkable attributes being their fondness for affording protec- 

 tion. Mr. Lukey of Morden, Surrey, has a very fine breed of 

 the pure mastiff, an engraving of one of which accompanies this 

 article, together with his account of the mode in which he 

 obtained the blood.* 



The English mastiff is a most useful watch dog, and is so 

 capable of attachment to the person of his master, and so com- 

 pletely under control, that he makes a most excellent night- 

 guard to the game-keeper, for which purpose he is much used 

 in this country, especially crossed with the bulldog, to give extra 

 courage. This cross is, however, not to any great extent, and 

 many true mastiffs are used for the purpose. The well-known 



* " In 1S35 I bought of the late Geo. White, of Knightsbridge, a brindled 

 mastiff bitch, at a high price (10/.), from the Duke of Devonshire's stud. I 

 bred from her with a fawn black-muzzled dog, ' Turk,' the property of the late 

 Lord VValdegrave, a splendid high-couraged dog. I kept two brindled bitch 

 pups ; and with great interest and considerable cost I obtained the use of 

 ' Pluto,' the Marquis of Hertford's well-known mastiff dog, considered by 

 judges the finest and best-bred dog of his day, and valued immensely by the 

 Marquis. I have not had any other cross but the ' Turk ' and ' Pluto ' 

 breed, having kept bitches from the one and dogs from the other. ' Wallace,' 

 the grandsire of the dog engraved, was an immense animal, standing 33 inches 

 at the shoulder, 50 inches round the body, and weighed 172 lbs. The Ne- 

 paulese Princes bought his brother and sister at eight mouths old, and gave 105/. 

 for them. The late Pasha of Egypt for five successive years had two pair of 

 whelps (brindled; sent spring and autumn from Southampton. — T. L." 



