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r.nd their upper lips are curiously pendulous. Several of these 

 animals have been brought to England, but in almost every 

 instance they have in the course of a short period either dwin- 

 dled to a miserable condition or died outright. Ko other 

 climate but the very coldest seems to agree with the Thibet 

 dog. 



THE BTJIL-DOG. 



This creature, next to the game-cock, bears the reputation 

 of being the most courageous animaJ in the world. In one 

 respect he is decidedly the game-cock's inferior, for whereas to 

 whatever part of the world the latter combination of pluck and 

 feathers be carried, it remains dauntless as ever, the buU-dog 

 in India is the merest cur, fit only to loll its tongue and he in 

 the shade. 



The shape of the bull-dog is somewhat remarkable. " The 

 fore-quarters are particularly strong, massive, and muscu- 

 lar ; and the chest wide and roomy. The hind-quarters, 

 on the contrary, are very thin, and comparatively feeble. 

 All the vigour of the animal seems to settle in its fore-legs, 

 chest, and head. The little fierce eyes that gleam savagely 

 from the round combative head, have a latent fire in them 

 that gives cause for much suspicion on the part of a stranger 

 who comes unwarily within reach of one of these dogs. 

 The underhung jaw, with its row of white glittering teeth, 

 seems to be watering with desire to take a good bite at the 

 stranger's leg ; and the matter is not improved by the well- 



