1890.] 



ON THE DOMESTIC DOG. 



Table XXL— Pointers. 



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No3. 1 & 2. Rov. Coll. Surgeons. No. 3. Nat. Hiat. Mus. No. 4. Cambridge, 



No. 5. Oxford. 



Of the Dalmatian, which belongs to this group, we have been 

 unable to examine a specimen. 



Group V. — Mastiffs. 



A race either Mastiff or Bull-dog, or both, was, says Smith, 

 e.xistent in Britain before the Romans. This race is supposed to 

 have been the progenitor of the breed of Talbot-dogs of mediseval 

 times, and they again of the modern Mastiff, which some hold to be 

 identical, whilst others think that the Talbot was something between 

 a Mastiff and a Bull-dog. The typical form, according to the above- 

 mentioned authority, is the Thibetan. The English modern Mastiff 

 lias been much crossed with tlie Bull-dog (S.). 



The following table includes several varieties. 



No8. 1, 2, 3. Ror. Coll. Surgeons. No. 4 (Thibet), No. 5 (Danish^ No. 6 (Bhotea, Nepal), 

 No. 7 (Thibet). No. 8 (Scotch),— Nat. Hist. Muh. No. 9 (Irish), Trin. Coll. Dublin. 

 No. 10. Oxford. 



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