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short on the leg, but quite a handsome old fellow. 

 He belonged to the proprietor of the hotel, who was 

 very proud of him. 



" I did not come across any more dogs worth taking 

 note of until reaching Lucerne, on the 2nd of July. 

 From here I went to Arth, to see M. Carl Steiner, 

 who is a noted breeder of my favourite dog, and the 

 owner of the famous Pluto von Arth, whose stuffed 

 remains form an object of interest in the museum at 

 Zurich. I regret to say this dog was poisoned. 

 M. Steiner was very pleased to see me, and showed 

 me Bergman and Young Pluto. They are both sired 

 by Pluto von Arth. Bergman was exhibited in 

 England at the St. Bernard Club Show, held at 

 Kingston in 1893. ^ must say he looked a different 

 creature here to what he did there when he obtained 

 the reserve. He is a big dog, was in splendid con- 

 dition, and good all round, if we except his head, 

 which is plain. His brother, Young Pluto, was far 

 and away the best smooth dog I saw in Switzerland. 

 He is an orange and white dog, of the type of our 

 champion Keeper, but he is not so good in muzzle ;. 

 he is also rather straight in stifles. However, Young 

 Pluto is an excellent dog, and one that any man 

 might be proud to own. I next saw a magnificent 

 bitch pup Gemmi d'Arth, by Bergman. This 

 youngster was already a giantess, though only six 



