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other hand, the bulldog loses his tail, or nearly the whole of it, 
under the name of the “ screw tail,” yet he has never been sub- 
mitted to the scissors as far as I know, and certainly not for the 
last half-century. The subject is a very curious one, which I 
confess I am altogether unable to explain. 
IV._THE GERMAN SHEEP-DOG. 
This is a small and very variable breed, resembling greatly the 
spitz in appearance, but without any definite points. oo 
V.—THE POMERANIAN (LARGE AND SMALL). 
(A) THE POMERANIAN WOLF-DOG. 
The larger. Pomeranian is kept for guarding the sheep from 
wolves, hence called the Pomeranian wolf-dog. He resembles the 
St. Bernard in shape, but has not so large a head, and his colour 
is almost invariably a beautiful stone-fawn, without white, and 
with black points. He is by no means common in this country, 
but I have seen a few specimens of late years, which have been 
shown me as of pure breed, and from the high position of those 
who possessed them I have no doubt of the fact. 
(B) THE SMALLER POMERANIAN OR SPITZ, ALSO CALLED 
LOUP-LOUP. 
This pretty little dog is now very common in this country as a 
ladies’ pet, his pretty white coat and lively manners rendering him 
a general favourite, except with young children, among whom he 
is seldom to be trusted. In his native country he is the ordinary 
sheep-dog, and is there preferred of a black colour, which from its 
rarity here is also greatly prized. I am not aware of his having 
ever been put to his natural occupation in this country, where 
he has been introduced as a pet dog altogether. He has one ad- 
vantage, which is, that his coat, though long and rough, seldom 
becomes offensive. 
