i9 2 Modern Dogs. 



calls " Canis sagax ad coturnices capiendas 

 pantherinus " a sagacious spotted dog for taking 

 quails. Now, the dog depicted is spotted over the 

 body with irregularly-shaped marks, and he has one 

 patch on the back ; he seems longish on his legs, 

 has his tail shortened considerably, but in shape, 

 character, and appearance of coat, he appears to 

 be more of the setter type than that of the 

 modern Dalmatian. Still, although used for taking 

 quails, the name suggests that he might be the 

 antecedent of the " spotted " dogs of a later date 

 and of modern times. Especially when some 

 writers have told us that the Dalmatian was, 

 at one period of his history, trained for sporting 

 purposes. 



Another writer informs us that this dog came 

 originally from Bengal, when his peculiar markings 

 made him much admired by the wealthy and 

 luxurious natives, whose establishments were not 

 deemed to be complete without several spotted 

 dogs in the kennels. Moreover, it was at that 

 time (when ?) commonly supposed that the dogs 

 had originally been obtained from a cross with a 

 tiger ! And such stuff was believed. I .am waiting 

 to find that the Chinese had these same dogs 

 many hundreds of years before Great Britain was 

 invaded by the Roman conquerors. 



