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have originally been brought from Japan. From 

 what I have been told, and from what I have read, 

 I believe them to be equally indigenous to the 

 northern and other parts of China. In the Field 

 over twenty years ago there was an excellent article 

 on the dogs of China, in which the writer states that 

 there is the " Pekin pug, remarkable for its diminu- 

 tive size, sometimes so small as to be carried in the 

 sleeves of a Chinese coat. Hence they are called 

 sleeve dogs. Some resemble the old-fashioned 

 short-bow-legged pugs, which may have been 

 originally introduced into Europe from China by 

 the Portuguese, and hence called Portuguese or 

 Spanish pugs. These dogs are generally smooth 

 skinned. There are other kinds, resembling Scotch 

 Skye terriers, which might, in some exaggerated 

 instances, be considered equally handsome in their 

 extreme ugliness, in having their faces concealed by 

 long hair, and a line of division running along the 

 back, the hair on each side reaching to the ground. 

 All these kinds are remarkable for the shortness of 

 their nose, giving rise to the supposition that it was 

 the result of mechanical interference with the proper 

 growth of the head, as in the case of the artificially 

 produced distortion of the feet of the Chinese 

 women, but such is not the case, as all who have 

 seen the little puppies of the species can testify. . . . 



