298 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



Afghan Sheep Dog — Another eastern breed is the 

 Afghan Sheep Dog, which, in the specimens I have 

 seen greatly resembles our own breed of English Short- 

 tailed Sheep Dog, and like him, is covered all over with 

 a dense, shaggy coat. It seemed to me, they were some- 

 what more woolly in texture and corded in character 

 than the coats of our dogs, and also they were leggier 

 and more tucked up, so that, although they stand as 

 high, or higher, I should say they would weigh consid- 

 erably less on the average than our own " Bobtails." 

 Their colours appear to be usually white, with brown 

 or black markings, more or less profusely scattered 

 over the bodies. 



Esquimaux — The Esquimaux is another of the for- 

 eign breeds occasionally seen here, rather larger 

 and heavier than the Chow, and longer in head 

 and neck, generally some shade of grey or black 

 and white in colour with a harsh outer, but dense 

 warm under coat, rather long and arched in neck, 

 eyes obliquely set, small for size of dog, and 

 very sly and wolf-like in expression, with pricked 

 ears carried rather forward and tail curled over back. 

 In the general way, they are not very fascinating to 

 strangers, and may be spoken of in the same terms as 

 the hero of a popular comic song who was said to be 

 " all right, when you know him, but you've got to know 

 him, first! " No doubt, the number of expeditions to 

 the Arctic regions of late years, and the keen public in- 

 terest taken in all their details, has had the effect of 

 bringing these dogs, so important to all Arctic explor- 



