62 DOGS 



Foreign Dogs 



There are a great many foreign dogs now imported to 

 England, which have become to a certain degree fashionable, 

 such as the Oriental Dog, Spanish Bulldog, Thibet Dog, 

 Kangaroo Hound, the Australian Dingo, Grecian Grey- 

 hound, Chesapeake Bay Dog, Leonberg, American Indian, 

 and the Esquimaux Dog. This last is the only one of which 

 I shall give an account, as I really know nothing of the 

 other breeds, and there are no doubt many canine writers 

 who have made these dogs a study. 



The Esquimaux or Arctic Dogs are found in Greenland 

 and wherever cold predominates, and are used as beasts of 

 burden, and they get through an immense amount of 

 travelling and through immense tracts of ice and snow. 

 They are of the collie order, but the muzzle is much less 

 pointed ; the ears are prick ; they are plentifully coated ; 

 their hair from three to four inches long, and under this 

 hair is a coating of fine, close, soft wool, which grows in 

 the winter and falls off in the siDring. 



The hair is excessively thick like a brush, but the 

 feather is not especially long ; their colour is of a greyish 

 brindle. These dogs are very docile and patient, also very 

 affectionate. 



Morris relates that a Frenchman named Chabert, who 

 was called Fire King, from his wonderful performances 

 with fire, was the owner of one of these dogs, whom he 

 used to yoke to a light carriage and who drew his master 

 twenty miles a day. Chabert sold him for 200L, but 

 between the sale and delivery the dog broke his leg. 

 Chabert was in a great state of mind, fearing to lose the 

 money; so he took the dog by night to a veterinary surgeon, 

 where he formally introduced them. ' Doctor, my dog ; my 

 dog, your doctor.' He talked to the dog, pointed to his 

 leg, limped round the room, then requested the surgeon 

 to a,pply bandages to his leg, which being done he 

 seemed to walk sound and well. He then patted the dog. 



