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feline in their peculiar ways and nimble action, in 

 cases eating like cats in a dainty, slow, pecking 

 manner. 



" As to type, there are many varieties of this 

 breed in Japan, some large, some small, some short- 

 haired, "some long-haired, others thick-legged, others 

 very fine-legged. To describe a typical specimen, 

 I should say from 61b. to 1 2lb. in weight ; black and 

 white in colour, black ears, the colour nearly or quite 

 meeting across the back of the skull, with a broad, 

 white blaze on the forehead ; in nearly all specimens 

 the eyes are broadly edged with black, which is 

 continued from the ears, leaving the muzzle white ; 

 body either richly broken black and white, or white 

 pointing into black behind, or saddle marked ; white 

 tail like an ostrich feather, curling tight over the 

 back ; legs white, well feathered, and feet well 

 tufted ; ears short, being well forward and long 

 feathered ; face very short, with deep stop behind 

 the nose; eyes large, lustrous dark-brown, rather 

 prominent ; skull broad and high vaulted in bitches 

 more flatly arched than in dogs ; body square and 

 cobby-shaped, not too long ; legs shortish, fine in 

 bone ; the feet delicately pointed and very flexible, 

 with deeply divided toes, in fact, the feet are like 

 large pads, and this is a leading characteristic in the 

 breed ; the coat should be very long, silky in texture, 



