62 Useful Companions of Man. 
bull terrier, and other large terriers, the collie, and the 
drover’s dog, all come under the designation. ; 
The Old English Mastiff, as being a native of this 
country, should stand at the head of this section, though 
by no means so generally met with as the Newfoundland.. 
Like the bulldog, he is peculiar to this country, though a 
near approach to him, the Cuban mastiff, is met with in 
the West Indies and America. Whether any of the 
modern strains can be shown to be really indigenous 
in their origin it would be difficult to say, as their pedi- 
grees cannot be traced for many generations. 
Mr. Edgar Hanbury, of Eastrop Grange, Wilts, and 
Mr. Lukey, of Lock’s Bottom, Bromley, Kent, have bred 
the best specimens of the English mastiff of late years, 
and neither of these gentlemen can trace back their. 
blood far enough to enable us to decide whether they 
are purely English or not. Mr. Hanbury commenced 
with a bitch without pedigree, but a beautiful animal. 
This bitch was put to a dog from Wales, also without 
pedigree, so that his kennel dates from his own knowledge. 
Mr. Lukey began with a brindled bitch bred by the Duke: 
of Devonshire, which he crossed with Lord Waldegrave’s 
celebrated dog “ Turk,” a black-muzzled fawn, of great 
courage and symmetry. The produce consisted of two ” 
brindled bitches, which he put to the Marquis of Hertford’s 
Pluto, since which, for a long time, he bred in-and-in 
from their descendants. Seven or eight years ago, how- 
ever, he obtained possession of his magnificent stud dog 
Governor, by Lieut. Garnier’s Lion out of Countess, a 
daughter of Mr. Bruce’s Duchess, and- this dog has 
proved a most valuable sire, having been extensively used 
by Mr. Hanbury and other breeders. Mr. Hanbury’s 
Prince, descended from Governor and Duchess, is a 
magnificent specimen, and quite as good as, or better 
than, his celebrated sire. 
The remarkable power and courage of the mastiff ren- 
der him peculiarly fit to be the dog of the keeper, when 
associated with the fine temper which ought never to be 
dispensed with, since a savage mastiff is a dangerous 
brute, and should never be unloosed from hiskennel. A 
