CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 



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ears, tail, and symmetry ; added to which, the cross-bred dog is 

 rery difficult to dry. If any cross would answer, I should say the 

 bloodhound. J. M'C." 



The portrait on page 118 is from a remarkably good photograph 

 of Mr. Lindoe's celebrated Rake. 



Fig. 22. CHESAPEAKE BAT DOG. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 



The earliest accounts that we have of the above mentioned dog 

 date back to the year 1807, when the ship "Canton," of Balti- 

 more, fell in at sea with an English brig in a sinking condition, 

 bound from Newfoundland to England. The crew were rescued 

 and taken aboard of the " Canton," also two Newfoundland pups, 

 a dog and bitch. The English crew were landed at Norfolk, and 

 the two pups purchased from the English captain for a guinea 

 apiece, and taken to Baltimore. The dog pup, called " Sailor," 



