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short nose and high head, and very curly tails. King Charles should not be too small, and 

 need not weigh less than 10 Ib. ; if they are much smaller they lose many of the properties 

 and the beautiful coats of the breed." 



We are gratified to find that so great an authority as Mr. Joseph Nave coincides with our 

 views on the Pug cross. Our conclusions were arrived at, singularly enough, without any 

 previous conversation, and by his support of our theory we feel considerably fortified in it ; 

 and, as an experiment, intend to try a Japanese Pug cross with a Toy Spaniel on the earliest 

 opportunity. Mr. Nave has, however, hit the nail on the head when he alludes to this cross 

 being likely to decrease the length of ear in the King Charles or Blenheim, and we candidly 

 admit that on this point we see breakers ahead which will be difficult to weather in safety. 

 Nevertheless there is now such a tendency to long snipy muzzles, that something should be 

 done to prevent these breeds degenerating into nondescripts which do not fairly represent 

 either the ancient or modern type of Toy Spaniel. 



The two illustrations appended of the older types most strongly support this view of the 

 case. The reader's attention cannot fail to be directed to the, at present, uncommon combination 

 of long muzzles and long ears in the smaller illustration, which is taken from hones Animaliwn, 

 by J. F. Riedel. The Spaniels here portrayed are in our opinion intended to be black - 

 tan-and-white King Charles, though the absence of descriptive letterpress, and the inferior 

 engraving of that period render this conviction more or less a matter of conjecture. The large 

 full-page engraving is drawn from two German dogs of the present day, but is a perfect 

 representation of the longer muzzle and magnificent ears which were at an earlier date 

 fashionable in England, and are very likely to be preferred by most who do not live in the 

 artificial atmosphere of shows. 



We are also favoured with the following notes on the Blenheim from Mr. James W. Berrie, 

 of Lower Tooting, Surrey, which we have much pleasure in reproducing : 



"Next to the old English Bulldog, of which Englishmen may so justly be proud, the 

 Blenheim stands pre-eminently first. This exquisitely beautiful little dog should have a long 

 silky coat of the pure ' ruby and pearl ' colour, and it should possess all the distinguishing 

 characteristics of the King Charles Spaniel, which was so called because of the esteem in 

 which it was held by the ' Merry Monarch/ 



" The modern Blenheim, from a phrenological point of view, possesses properties and 

 organs more nearly resembling the human head than any other kind of dog. He has 

 Individuality, Eventuality, Comparison, and Causality, very largely developed. That the 

 Blenheim possesses Individuality is obvious to all who have studied the breed and character 

 of the dog : he knows at a glance the canine lover, and is friendly in a moment ; while the 

 dog hater may try his best to win his favour in vain. 



" It is generally admitted that the dog has memory, but this quality is most singularly 

 developed in the Blenheim ; he having been known to remember some of the most trivial 

 circumstances in his history, which have long escaped the mind of his master. Many 

 instances could be given to corroborate this statement, but one will suffice. Little 

 Blossom " (one of Mrs. Berrie's pets) " was visiting a friend in the country with my wife, and 

 on one occasion she killed a shrew, which my wife took from her and placed in a hole in the 

 wall of a barn, quite out of her reach. Blossom did her best to get it by ' sitting up ' 

 and barking for it, but at last gave " it up in despair. Years after, when she went to the 



