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THE MASTIFF OF TIBET, 

 PLATE XIX. 



Is larger than the English, with a thick head, ele- 

 vated occiput, very pendulous lips, the skin from 

 the eyebrows forming a fold towards the outer edge 

 of the eyes, and ending in the jowl ; the ears are 

 round and drooping ; the neck remarkably full ; the 

 back slightly arched; the tail, turned over the 

 back, is well fringed, and, together with the very 

 rugged hair of the body, deep black, with the sides 

 somewhat clouded ; over the eyes, about the muzzle 

 and the limbs, there is some tawny. There is a 

 beautifal wood-engraving of this noble dog, accom- 

 panied by an interesting description, in the " Gar- 

 dens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society, by 

 Mr. Bennet." In that writer's account are pointed 

 out several inferior breeds of this race existing in 

 other parts of the Himalaya Mountains ; and Mr. 

 Hodgson admits, that at Katmandoo the dogs of 

 this splendid breed do not prosper. 



The English Mastiff. — This breed, now somewhat 

 crossed by stag and blood -hounds, is little inferior 

 in stature and strength to the former, and in aspect 

 is considerably more elegant and majestic. The co- 

 lour is usually deeper or lighter buff, with dark 

 muzzle and ears. One, the property of the 43d 

 regiment, measuring twenty-nine and a half inches 



