112 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
cylindrical, and turned upwards and forwards towards 
the tip. Their hair is throughout short, close, and even. 
On the upper parts it is of a bight brown, becoming 
somewhat paler beneath. The muzzle, lips, ears both 
within and without, and a patch surrounding each of 
the eyes, are of a dusky black. 
Notwithstanding the apparent capacity of their cra- 
nium, the dogs of this tribe are by no means remarkable 
for their intelligence. They are, however, eminently 
faithful, and as courageous as they are powerful. They 
are consequently chosen in preference to all others for 
house-guards and watch-dogs, and are also in much 
request, wherever such sports are encouraged, for bull- 
fights and other similar exhibitions of brutality. For 
their legitimate purposes they are a most useful race. 
The Society’s specimens of the Cuban Mastiff are in 
general, the female particularly, tolerably good tem- 
pered, but they will not bear provocation. The female 
produced a litter of puppies in the early part of the 
summer. 
