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in the Nari Pass, It was brought about by my bull-dog, who had a difference 
of opinion with one. The result was speedy and to us very unsatisfactory. 
With my aid the Afghan made off eventually with his ruff, somewhat dis- 
arranged ; my dog was lacerated with long deep cuts, and his mouth was very 
unsatisfactorily filled with fur. An English bull-dog was never intended by 
Providence to bite through three inches of fur before getting to flesh. The 
Afghan dog is, very like his master, truculent, ferocious, and untrustworthy. 
Still further north a very large and heavy dog is found standing nearly as big, 
if I remember right, as a St. Bernard. The only one I saw was snow-white 
with an enormous jowl and an array of glistering white which I shuddered at. 
This dog was tethered by a cable to a walking six-foot Pathan, whom he 
dragged about with perfect ease, without even going through the formality of 
ascertaining his wishes. 
The next breed I have on my list is found among the nomad fishing popula- 
tion of the Irrawaddy delta, This dog lives on fish, and, like his master, is 
almost amphibious. It looks something like an Irish terrier run to seed. 
There are two breeds, differing only in size. Their colour is much greyer than 
the usual “pie” fawn. ‘The dog’s body is covered with ragged tufts of hair, 
which form on his face a most imposing moustache. The smaller breed re- 
minds me irresistibly of a very mongrel terrier at home. 
It may be noted in passing that a very large number of “ pies” in Burma are 
either black or white. 
On the Chin frontier a breed like a large HEsquimaux terrier is met with. 
T have seen several which looked exactly like collies, bushy manes and all, till 
one noticed the lightly curled-up tail. The colour varies greatly—black, black 
and white, lemon and white, white, and tawny. The fur is long, soft, and 
silky and very thick, nose and ears very pointed, the latter sometimes almost 
buried in the fur. They are very good-tempered as a rule, but dreadful cow- 
ards, and generally flee precipitate at the sight of a white face. TheShan dog 
is very like this breed, but is much larger and heavier. The manes are not so 
bushy, nor is his tail quite so curly. 
A very interesting paper could be compiled on Indian dogs, and it is to be 
hoped that some member with zoological knowledge will give us an authorita- 
tive description of the various indigenous breeds. The differences among 
them are very great, but yet to the English eye all seem stamped with the same 
hall-mark, generally called ‘‘pie.” This may possibly be due to the fact, as 
noted by Phil Robinson, that their ‘ food is rubbish,” 
F, E. DEMPSTER. 
RANGOON, 21sé June, 1893. 
No. VII.—A FRIENDLY BULBUL. 
The common bulbul is notoriously bold and friendly. Residents of the 
Western India Club in 1890 will perhaps remember a nest being built on a 
