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the French and English Spaniels (Fig. 159) ; the Small Spaniel, 

 the stock of a great number of varieties called Saloon or Lap- 

 dogs, and which are remarkable for their diminutiveness, and 

 often also for their ugliness, a circumstance which does not pre- 

 vent their finding a place in the muff or on the knees of our 

 elegantes. The principal Lap-dogs are the Cocker, King Charles, 

 Blenheim, Small Poodle (Fig. 160), the Small White Dog of 

 Cuba, or Havanese Dog (Fig. 161), and the Lion Dog. Then 

 we come to the Turnspits, with straight and crooked legs (Fig. 

 162) ; the St. Domingo Dog ; the Large Water Spaniels (Fig. 



I'ifC. 166.— Puniler. 



163), the most faithful and most intelligent of all Dogs; the 

 Little Water Spaniel, Poodle, Newfoundland Dog (Fig. 164); 

 Stag, Fox, and Hare Hounls (Fig. 165) ; Blood-hounds, Pointers 

 (Fig. 166), and Setters. 



Among the Mastiffs are placed the Great Dog, or Mastiff, of the 

 English, an animal very courageous, robust, and well adapted for 

 fighting ; the Thibet Mastiff, which differs but little from the 

 former; the Small Mastiff, the Pug; excessively small, and now 

 become very rare in France; the Bull-dog (Fio- 167)- the 

 Terrier and Bull-Terrier (Fig. 168), a cross between the Matin 

 and the Mastiff; the Turkish Dog, very remarkable for its almost 

 entirely nude skin, and very improperly named, as it is really of 

 American origin— it was discovered by Columbus in the Antilles, 



