324 Modern Dogs. 



has been one of us for a great number of years 

 there is no doubt whatever. 



Amongst the earliest writers who have described 

 the variety must be noticed the author of the 

 "Sportsman's Cabinet" (1803), who gives the 

 animal a bad character, as he does most other 

 varieties of the canine race that are not used for 

 sporting purposes. Assuredly the Pomeranian is 

 not a sporting dog. The " Sportsman's Cabinet " 

 says : " The dog so called in this country is but 

 little more than i8in. or 2oin. in height, and is dis- 

 tinguished by his long, thick, and rather upright 

 coat, forming a most tremendous ruff about the 

 neck, but short and smooth on the head and ears. 

 They are mostly of a pale yellow or cream colour, 

 and lighter on the lower parts. Some are white, 

 some few black, and others, but very rarely, spotted ; 

 the head broad towards the neck, and narrowing to 

 the muzzle ; ears short, pointed, and erect ; nose 

 and eyes mostly black; the tail large and bushy, 

 and invariably curled in a ring upon the back. 

 'Instances of smooth or short coated ones are very 

 rarely seen. In England he is much more familiarly 

 known by the name of fox dog, and this may origin- 

 ally have proceeded from 'his having much affinity 

 to that animal about the head ; but by those who in 

 their writings describe him as a native of Pomerania > 



