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the breed was obtained by " back-stair influence," 

 and on that account a certain amount of reticence 

 was necessary ; but, whatever may be the cause of 

 the secrecy maintained, I fully believe the explana- 

 tion given by Mr. Morrison of the origin of this 

 breed of pugs, which is as commonly known by his 

 name as that of Lady Willoughby de Eresby by 

 hers. His appeal to the Hampton Court portrait, in 

 proof of the purity of his breed from its general 

 resemblance to the dog in that painting, goes for 

 nothing in my mind, because you may breed up to 

 any type by careful selection ; but I do not hesitate 

 to indorse his statemeut as to the Guelph origin of 

 his strain, because I have full confidence in his 

 truthfulness, from having tested it in various other 

 ways. I need scarcely remark that both strains are 

 derived from the Dutch ' the Morrison ' coming 

 down to us through the three Georges from William 

 III., and ' the Willoughby ' being, as above described, 

 a more recent importation direct from Holland and 

 Vienna." 



I need scarcely say that neither of the above 

 strains is to be found in its purity at the present 

 day, no pains having been taken to keep them 

 distinct, but there are as many good pugs now as 

 ever there were. In the family of the W r illoughby 

 de Eresby's no pugs have been kept for ten or a 



