CHAPTER XV. 



THE POMERANIAN. 



THIS dog has from time to time been known and 

 recognised under many different names, as the 

 Spitz, Loup-Loup, Pomeranian, Wolf dog, Fox dog, 

 and may be by others. There is little doubt that 

 he more nearly approaches in appearance, and in a 

 certain shyness which occasionally prevails in some 

 specimens, such semi-domestic animals as the dogs 

 of the Arctic regions, including the Samoyedes 

 and the smaller varieties of the Esquimaux, than 

 any other of our European dogs. One of the 

 Samoyedes owned by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 

 very much resembles a white Pomeranian excepting 

 in coat, which on the first-named is comparatively 

 short as compared with that of the other. 



The Pomeranian, or Spitz dog, as it was until 

 quite recently called, was no doubt originally brought 

 from Pomerania, a country which lies on the shores 

 of the Baltic Sea ; when he first became acclima- 

 tised with us there is nothing to show ; that he 



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