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Birmingham, and Sheffield in the early 'fifties. There was at 

 that time a constant emigration of laceworkers from Notting- 

 ham to the coast towns of Normandy, where lace factories 

 were springing into existence, and these immigrants frequently 

 took a Bulldog with them to the land of their adoption. The 

 converse method was also adopted. Prior to 1902 French 

 Bulldogs were imported into this country with the object of 

 resuscitating the strain of bantam Bulldogs, which in course 

 of years had been allowed to dwindle in numbers, and were 

 in danger of becoming extinct. 



There are superficial similarities between the English and 

 the French toy Bulldog, the one distinguishing characteristic 

 being that in the French variety the ears are higher on the 

 head and are held erect. Until a few years ago the two were 

 interbred, but disputes as to their essential differences led 

 the Kennel Club to intervene and the types have since been 

 kept rigidly apart, the smart little bat-eared Bulldogs of 

 France receiving recognition under the breed name of Boul- 

 dogues 



