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proportion of length to height, in about the same degree as is exhibited by the toy 

 spaniel. 



7. The size (value 15) should not exceed 61b, though many of Mr. Mandeville's 

 best prize winners have somewhat exceeded that weight, his Fido, whose portrait 

 accompanies this article, being 6^1b. 



8. The tail (value 15) should be short, curled tightly over the back, and clothed 

 with a bunch of glossy silky hair. 



Mr. Mandeville's Fido, by Tupper's Fido out of Lily, won the first prize at 

 Birmingham in 1864 and 1867 ; also various first prizes at Islington and Cremorne 

 in 1862, 1863, and 1864. Several other dogs of the same name have been also 

 exhibited by Mr. Mandeville. 



THE BOUGH TOY TEBBIER. 



Like the black and tan toy terrier, the rough terrier exactly resembles its larger 

 prototype in all but size. Its description, together with an illustration, is given in 

 the article on the Yorkshire Terrier at page 217. 



OHAPTEE II. 

 SMOOTH TOY DOGS. 



THE PUG THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND THE TOY TERRIER. 



THE PUG. 



is the case with most, if not all, of our existing breeds of the dog, the 

 origin of the pug is lost in obscurity. The prevailing opinion is that he 

 is a bulldog modified by a hot climate ; but this theory is only founded 

 upon a statement to that effect made by Buffon, " whose word no man 

 relies on," any more than that of the second Charles. According to this 

 story, however, the pug so modified from the bulldog at the Cape of Good Hope was 

 imported into Holland at the time when the Cape was a Dutch settlement, and 

 became the favourite ladies' pet of that country for many years, a few specimens of 

 the breed being scattered throughout Europe, and in this way reaching England, 

 where it became very fashionable in the reign of William III. (" Dutch William "), 



