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with red or yellow spots, and there should be a well-marked blaze 

 of white between the eyes. The ears should be coloured, and also 

 the whole of the head with the exception of the nose and a white 

 mark up the forehead, as is shown in the right-hand figure of the 

 cut, which represents the Blenheim pretty accurately. The palate 

 is black like that of the King Charles ; and there is little difference 

 in shape, though an experienced eye could detect the one from the 

 other even irrespective of colour. This dog is generally slightly 

 less than the King Charles. 



THE PUG. 



This curly-tailed and pretty little toy dog was out of fashion 

 in England for some years, but has recently come again into such 

 vogue that a good pug will fetch from 20 to 35 guineas. The 

 British breed, however, which is one of those known to have 

 existed from the earliest times, was never entirely lost, having 

 been carefully preserved in a few families. The Dutch have 

 always had a fondness for the pug dog, and in Holland the breed 

 is common enough, but the same attention has not been paid to 

 it as in England, and yellow masks, low foreheads, and pointed 

 noses are constantly making their appearance in them, from the 

 impure blood creeping out, and showing evidences of the crosses 

 which have taken place. For the sketch of the very beauti- 

 ful pair of these dogs which is engraved on the next page. 



