THE MASTIFF. 



horns, his patience gave way and he flew at the offender. Off scampered all the cows, 

 but soon returned to the charge. Nelson stood firm to his post only retreating a few 

 steps as the cows approached the garments which he was guarding, and then dashing 

 at them again. However, the cows' hoofs and the Dog's feet began to wreak such dire 

 mischief among the clothes that we found ourselves compelled to drive away the 

 assailants and carry our clothes to the opposite bank of the river, where no cows could 

 interfere with us. 



The head of the Mastiff bears a certain similitude to that of the bloodhound and 

 the bull-dog, possessing the pendent lips and squared muzzle of the bloodhound, with 

 the heavy muscular development of the bull-dog. The under-jaw sometimes protrudes 

 a little, but the teeth are not left uncovered by the upper lip, as is the case with the 

 latter animal. The fur of the Mastiff is always smooth, and its color varies between a 



MASTIFF. Caals familiaris. 



uniform reddish-fawn and different brindlings and patches of dark and white. The 

 voice is peculiarly deep and mellow. The height of this animal is generally from 

 twenty-five to twenty-eight inches, but sometimes exceeds these dimensions. One of 

 these Dogs was no less than thirty-three inches in height at the shoulder, measured 

 fifty inches round his body, and weighed a hundred and seventy-five pounds. 



The CUBAN MASTIFF is supposed to be produced by a mixture of the true Mastiff 

 with the bloodhound, and was used for the same purpose as the latter animal. It was 

 not a native of the country where its services were brought into requisition, and from 

 which it has consequently derived its name, but was imported there for the purposes 

 of its owners, being taught to chase men instead of deer. 



