210 TOY-DOGS. 
The coat should be long, soft, silky, and wavy, but without 
decided curl. The Blenheim has a profuse mane flowing down in 
front of the brisket. 
The feather is profuse on the ears, backs of the legs, and toes, in 
which last it projects far in front of the nails. The feather on the 
ears of the King Charles is considerably longer than on that of the 
Blenheim, as already mentioned. 
The size of the two breeds is the same, namely, from 5 lbs. to 
10 lbs. ; ceteris paribus, the smaller the better. 
The symmetry is above the average in these dogs, which do not 
seem to suffer from defective rearing, ésc., as is the case with the 
toy-terrier. 
Fanciers now (1886) recognise four varieties of the toy-spaniel 
—(1) the King Charles or black-tan ; (2) the Prince Charles or 
tricolour (black-tan and white); (3) the Blenheim or red and 
white ; and (4) the Ruby or all red spaniel. Except in colour, 
there is little difference between them. a 
THE JAPANESE PUG. 
A spaniel-like breed is known in Japan, generally white and 
black, but called a pug—why I know not. The King Charles was 
some years ago crossed with this breed in order to shorten the 
face, but while obtaining this assorted beauty, it lost the much- 
admired length of ear, and on this account the cross was soon bred 
out. 
JI.—THE MALTESE DOG. 
This -beautiful little dog is a Skye terrier in miniature, with,. 
however, a far more silky coat, a considerably shorter back, and 
a tail stiffly curved over the hip; actions lively and playful, and 
altogether rendering it a pleasing pet. The breed was so scarce 
some time ago as to induce Sir E. Landseer to paint one as the 
last of his race, since which several have been imported from 
Malta, and, though still scarce, they are now to be obtained with 
comparative ease. Of late years, Mr. Mandeville and Mrs. Monk 
have been the most successful on the show-bench, but I have seen 
none superior to Miss Gibbs’ “ Psyche.” The little bitch from 
which the annexed portrait was sketched was the property of Miss 
