FOREIGN GUN-DOGS AND TERRIERS. 



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dogs, and as such may often be seen 

 prowling about the Congo villages. 



A couple of Congo Terriers were ex- 

 hibited at Cruft's some ten years ago as 



CONGO TERRIER BOSC. 



ACCLIMATISED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, PARIS. 



Lagos Bush dogs. They were red and white, 

 with white on the neck, rather Dingo-headed, 

 and decidedly breedy-looking. They were 

 purchased by Mr. W. R. Temple, but died 

 of distemper soon after. Their voices were 

 very curious, as they could not properly 

 bark, a characteristic observed by Sir Harry 

 Johnston in connection with all the Central 

 African dogs. 



An interesting native of the tableland 

 of Central Asia is the Lhasa Terrier, of 

 which very few have as yet been bred in 

 Europe. In appearance this terrier, with 

 his ample and shaggy coat, reminds one of 

 an ill-kept Maltese dog, or perhaps even 

 more of the dog of Havana. In the best 

 specimens the coat is long and straight, 



and very profuse, with a considerable 

 amount of hair over the eyes and about the 

 long, pendant ears. The colours are white 

 and black_light grey, iron grey, brown or 

 buff and white. In size they vary, but the 

 smaller are considered the more valuable. 

 The Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison's India, 

 imported from Thibet, was perhaps the best 

 of the breed hitherto seen in England. 

 This typical bitch has left many descendants 

 who are well known on the show bench. 

 Most of the Asiatic breeds of dogs have the 

 reputation of being taciturn, and probably 



THE HON. MRS. McLAREN MORRISON'S 

 LHASA TERRIER INDIA IN WINTER COAT. 



the character is true of them in their native 

 land, but the English bred Lhasa Terrier is 

 an alert and confiding little companion, 

 extraordinarily wise and devoted. 



