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zygomatic arches and cheek-bones, is so much larger than that of 

 the spaniel of the same total weight of body, that the brain may 

 well look small as it lies in the middle of the various processes in- 

 tended for the attachment of the strong muscles of the jaw and 

 neck. I have never been able to obtain the fresh brain of a pure 

 bulldog for the purpose of comparison, but, from an examination 

 of the skull, I have no doubt of the fact being as above stated. 

 The mental qualities of the bulldog may be highly cultivated, and 



Fig. 28. BULLDOGS, SMASHER AND SUGAR. 



in brute courage and unyielding tenacity of purpose he stands un- 

 rivalled among quadrupeds, and with the single exception of the 

 game-cock, he has perhaps no parallel in these respects in the brute 

 creation. Two remarkable features are met with in this breed : 

 First, they always make their attack at the head ; and, secondly, 

 they do not bite and let go their hold, but retain it in the most 

 tenacious manner, so that they can with difficulty be removed by 

 any force which can be applied. Instances are recorded in which 

 bulldogs have hung on to the lip of the bull (in the old days of bait- 



