DALMATIAN AND DANISH DOGS. 



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Fig. 17. DALMATIAN DOG, CAPTAIN. 



THE DALMATIAN AND DANISH DOGS. 



The Dalma j ion dog is a handsome, well-formed dog, standing 

 about 24 or 25 inches high, and resembling the pointer in his 

 shape, but usually having his ears cropped, as shown in the en- 

 graving. He is beautifully spotted with black on a white ground, 

 his chief merit consisting in the nearly uniform size of the spots 

 (which should be from about an inch in diameter), and in their 

 distinctness from the white in which they are imbedded ; and being 

 remarkably fond of horses, and of road-work with them, he has 

 been long employed in England to accompany our carriages as an 

 ornamental appendage ; but this fashion has of late years subsided. 

 Hence he is commonly known as the "Coach Dog;" but in his 

 native country he is used as a pointer in the field, and is said to 

 perform his duties well enough. 



