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century, until it was sufi'ered to fall into the neglect from which it was recently 

 resuscitated. The colour is either yellow or stone-fawn, with black " points " ; 

 these black points comprising the face and ears, an area under the tail, and 

 a more or less well-marked streak down the back, which, in the so-called 

 Willoughb}' pug, is most esteemed when it spreads out into a saddle-shaped patch. 

 The coat should be soft, short, and glos.sy, except on the tail, where it should be 



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rougher ; the tail itself being tightly curled, so as to lie on one side of the back, 

 with rather more than one complete turn. The head is rounded, and second only 

 in relative size to that of the bull-dog, with a short but not retreating face. 

 The black ears should be short, and shaped like a vine-leaf ; the teeth even ; and 

 the dark brown eyes full and soft. The body is thick and " punchy," with a 

 very loose skin ; and the legs should be straight, with small bones, narrow feet, 

 and dark nails, without any white on the toes. A black mole on each cheek, with 

 several long hairs growing from it, is also considered an essential point in a pug. 



The Chinese, or, as it is often incorrectly called from being imported into 

 Japan and thence brought to Europe, the Japanese pug, is a still more extraordinary 



