THE CUBAN MASTIFF. 
CANIS FAMILIARIS. Var. 
Tuts fine pair of Dogs, which were presented to the 
Society by Captain Marryatt, who obtaimed them from 
Cuba, partake of the characters of the Spanish Bull-dog 
and English Mastiff, and seem to be completely inter- 
mediate in form between the two. They are larger than 
our common Bull-dogs and smaller than the Mastiff, 
well made and rather stout in their proportions, mode- 
rately high upon their legs, muscular and powerful. 
Their muzzle is short, broad, and abruptly truncate at 
the extremity, with somewhat of an upward curve; the 
head broad and flat, and the lips elongated and so 
deeply pendulous as to overlap the margins of the lower 
jaw. The ears, which are of a middling size, are also 
partly pendulous, but not to such an extent as to lie flat 
upon the sides of the head. The tail is rather short, 
