THE LION-DOG—THE SHOCK-DOG. 205 
Size is as important as in the mastiff, and is about the same. 
In symmetry the rough St. Bernard is quite up to the average, 
and he is far more active and graceful than any large English dog. 
The temperament is mild and gentle, but not so much so as in 
our English mastiff. 
In colour there is a considerable variety. Most people prefer 
the rich orange-tawny mixed with brown, but not. brindled, as 
exhibited by “Tell,” ‘‘ Hedwig,” “ Alp,” “Gessler,” and many of 
their descendants. “Thor” and his family are, most of them, red 
and white. Others, again, are brindled or fawn, or these colours 
more or less mixed with white, sometimes almost entirely of the 
latter colour. 
The coat is wavy upon the body, and very bushy on the tail, with 
a little feather on the legs, 
(B) THE SMOOTH ST, BERNARD. 
(See Frontispiece.) 
This variety differs from the rough chiefly in coat, which is quite 
smooth. There is, perhaps, less of the bloodhound and more of the 
mastiff than in the rough strain, with an equal proportion of the 
Newfoundland, sinking his rough coat. The points are the same 
in value as in the rough variety. 
IV.—THE LION-DOG. 
This little dog appears to be a cross between the poodle and the 
Maltese dog, being curly like the former, but without his long ears 
and square visage. He is now very seldom seen in this country, 
and is not prized among fanciers of the canine species. Like the 
poodle, he is generally shaved, to make him resemble the lion. 
V.—THE SHOCK-DOG. 
This dog also is now almost unknown, but formerly he was very 
generally kept as a toy-dog. He is said to have been a cross 
between the poodle and small spaniel, both of which varieties 
he resembled in part. 
