The Pomeranian. 325 



he passes under the appellation of the Pomeranian 

 dog. 



" In general opinion as a house dog he is held in 

 but slender estimation, being by nature frivolous, 

 artful, noisy, quarrelsome, cowardly, petulant, 

 deceitful, snappish and dangerous with children, 

 without one prominent property of perfection to 

 recommend him. This breed is common in 

 Holland, and has occasionally been introduced as a 

 hieroglyphic by the caricatured partisans of the 

 House of Orange (in opposition to the pug) to 

 ridicule the patriots in their political disputes. . . 

 The largest of these dogs are used for draught 

 purposes in different countries, and it may with well- 

 founded reason be presumed that to these or a race 

 somewhat similar may be attributed Took's account 

 of dogs in his view of the Russian Empire." 



The account in question describes the usual 

 Esquimaux as they are used for drawing sledges, 

 and which have been and still are found so useful 

 by Arctic explorers. 



Until within the past half dozen years or so, the 

 White Pomeranian was the only variety known to 

 any great extent in this country, and this was a pure 

 white dog some 2olb. or so in weight. He did not 

 bear a great reputation for amiability, and his best 

 friends could not say that he was anything more 



