346 Modern Dogs. 



be called their native country, and some foreigners 

 keep them as house dogs here^ they are not gener- 

 ally popular as such. Their great activity, muscular 

 development and power should make them of par- 

 ticular use where dogs are required for big game 

 hunting, and, being pretty hard in constitution, they 

 are certainly better adapted for the purpose than 

 our British mastiff, or the converted bulldog. Per- 

 haps the Great Dane might cross efficiently with the 

 latter, and produce a more powerful dog than the 

 ordinary bull-mastiff cross, which is often bred 

 and trained as a watch dog and as an assistant to 

 the game-keeper in such districts where a dog is 

 required by him on his rounds at night. 



