weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man 

 thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates 

 his fate." The Chow gives one the impression of being a wise 

 dog, who has inherited the impassive demeanour of his original 

 Chinese masters. Mankind, as a whole, has no interest for him ; 

 he attaches himself to one person with great fidelity ; to others, his 

 demeanour, if not actually surly, is that of mere toleration. If 

 you meet one with whom you have a bowing acquaintance, in 

 the street, and speak to him, there is no responsive movement 

 of the tightly-curled tail, no relaxation of the muscles of the grim 

 face. You feel hopelessly snubbed, any overtures of friendship 

 are summarily rejected. On reaching a new home, the Chow 

 may be weeks before he is reconciled to his position, and you 

 almost despair of the ill success of your efforts to establish cordial 

 relations. Then comes the day on which he decides that you will 

 do, and thence onward he is your liege man, offering you all the 

 homage of which his nature is capable. In many respects he fulfils 

 the nine conditions of Confucius's " superior man." In expression 

 he is benign, in demeanour decorous, in duties respectful. I should 

 not care to say, though, that in resentment he thinks of difficulties, 

 for he will not take kindly to correction. 



From these remarks it will be gathered, if I have made my 

 meaning clear, that he is a dog who attaches himself devotedly to 

 one person, while the rest of the world has no part in his existence. 



