304 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



SHOW POINTS OF CHOWS 



The points of Chows are as follows : Skull flat and 

 wide, muzzle substantial under the eyes, of fair length 

 and rather blunt at the nose, tongue and lips black, eyes 

 dark and small, ears very small, pointed, carried erect 

 and forward ; neck powerful and slightly arched, shoul- 

 ders muscular and nicely sloped, chest wide and deep, 

 body short and powerful with strong loins; fore-legs 

 strong and straight with small round feet, hindquarters 

 rather square with hindquarters well let down, tail 

 tightly curled over back, coat very profuse, flat and 

 rather coarse in texture. Colours most usually black or 

 red; yellow, blue and white, if strictly self colours, are 

 correct. Weight, dogs forty to fifty pounds ; bitches a 

 little less. 



The Dingo — Another colonial breed, the Dingo or 

 Wild Dog of Australia, many of us have heard of but 

 few seen. As I happen to have a brother, a clergyman, 

 in that country, whose parish is forty miles square, tak- 

 ing him the best part of each week to visit his parish- 

 ioners on horseback or in buggy, also three nephews, 

 sons of another brother, likewise a clergyman in Eng- 

 land, all situated in different parts of the same colony, 

 I have heard a great deal of the doings of the " Din- 

 goes." They are very particular in their attentions to 

 the poultry, lambs, and sometimes sheep, so that they 

 do not bear a good name in that country ! They are a 

 good deal like jackals, but rather larger in size, and 



