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coats sleeker, and tails less feathered, less mane on 

 shoulders, and perhaps somewhat finer in head, quite a 

 sly, wolf-like expression, not often very safe to handle ; 

 colours usually shades of yellow, or sandy, but I have 

 seen them shades of brown, and grey mixed, rather fox- 

 like in bark; they are usually kept as curiosities of the 

 canine race, frequently muzzled or " caged," but as they 

 get more used to civilised life, they may develop more 

 interesting qualities than they have yet been credited 

 with. 



The Chinese Crested Dog I think I will bring this 

 brief notice of some of the " outlandish " breeds 

 to a close, with a mention of what I think is 

 rather a rare sort, the Chinese Crested Dog, as, al- 

 though I have judged Foreign Dogs at all the leading 

 shows during a great many years, I have had very few 

 true specimens of this scarce breed brought before me. 

 I am pleased to have been able to secure a good portrait 

 of the best I have ever seen, by the courtesy of its owner. 

 I have generally found them with a smooth mottled 

 skin quite devoid of hair, except a crest, or tuft of 

 stiffish hair on the forehead or above it, usually nearly 

 white or whitey brown in colour, and a tuft 

 of similar colour and character at the end of 

 the tail. Round skull, well defined " stop," and 

 rather short, mean face, in shape and style 

 of body something like a coarse strong Italian 

 greyhound, and nearly always giving you the idea of 

 being pinched with the cold. From what little I have 

 seen of them, I should consider them, rather delicate, 



