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BREEDING. 



LIAJELLS. 



" Hecate," '- second Cross from the Bulldog. 



teristics of the bulldog breed, but by an ordinary observer this 

 would be scarcely noticed. There is, however, a remarkable want 

 of symmetry and true proportion in this bitch, which the portrait 

 conveys exactly. 



She was again put to " Preston," a very fast dog belonging to 

 her owner, and from them the produce was " Hecuba," a large 

 black bitch of good shape, and, as I before remarked, scared}' dis- 



* From a daguerreotype in the possession of Hugh Hanley, Esq., 1st Life Guards. 



