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heard of them fov several days. One morning her master's 

 friend came to him from Dresden and informed him that 

 on the preceding evening the poodle had come to his house 

 with one of the puppies in her mouth, and that another 

 had beea found dead on the road. It appeared that the 

 dog had started in the night, carrying the pups (who were 

 not able to walk) one after another a certain distance on 

 the road to Dresden, with the evident intention of conveying 

 them all to her beloved master. The third pup was never 

 found, but is supposed to have been carried off by some wild 

 animal or bird while the poor mother was in advance with the 

 others, the dead one apparently having perished from cold.' 

 Washington Irving describes a poodle thus ludicrously : 

 ' A little, old, grey-muzzled curmudgeon, with an unhappy 

 eye that kindles like a coal if you only look at him ; his 

 nose turns up ; his mouth is drawn into wrinkles so as to 

 show his teeth ; in short, he has altogether the look of a 

 dog far gone into misanthropy and totally sick of the 

 world. When he walks he has his tail curled up so tight 

 that it seems to lift his feet from the ground. This wretch 

 is called Beauty.' 



Pugs 



Pugs are very afiectionate and good-tempered. They 

 are inclined to get very fat and are greedy eaters, but do 

 not require much food to keep them healthy, and should 

 have plenty of exercise. 



The chief points in pugs are : large head, not too round ; 

 eyes dark, full, and very prominent ; ears small and fine in 

 texture ; neck short and muscular. There should be a great 

 deal of velvety black on the nose and face ; the former should 

 be slightly retrousse ; a black stripe should extend down the 

 middle of the back to the root of the tail, which is called 

 the trace. The moles on the cheek should be black, the face 

 short and wrinkled, the wrinkles being very dark ; a dark 

 spot should be found on the forehead. Legs straight and 

 short, feet small with black toe nails ; tail well curled up 

 over the back, and resting on the one side or the other of the 



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