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are indoor dogs, and they seem born to lie, 
as did their ancestors, in graceful attitudes 
on drawing-room sofas. 
The Phu Quoc Dog.—A very curious 
member of the canine race is the dog of 
Fu Oc, or Phu-Quoc. It is indigenous to 
the island of that name in the Indo-China 
sea. No specimen has ever been seen in 
England, and the Marquis de Barthelémy, 
who holds a concession in the island from 
the French government, states that owing 
to the want of care in keeping the breed 
pure it is rapidly becoming extinct. The 
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the hairs pointing forward towards the head. 
Comte H. de Bylandt describes the dog as 
follows, but I doubt if he is rght in calling 
it a Greyhound. It is not technically a 
hound. 
1. General Appearance.—A heavy kind of Grey- 
hound. 
2. Head.—Long; skull slightly domed and 
the skin wrinkled, muzzle rather broad, in length 
the half of the entire head ; jaws long and power- 
ful ; lips and tongue black ; teeth well developed 
and meeting evenly. 
3. Eyes.—Reddish, with a savage expression. 
4. Nose.—Black ; nostrils rather developed. 
5. Ears—Erect, shell 
shaped, not too pointed, 
inside almost hairless. 
6. Body. —Somewhat 
coarse ; neck very long and 
flexible ; shoulders sloping ; 
belly drawn up ; loins broad 
and strong. 
7. Legs. — Straight and 
lean ; stifles rather straight ; 
thighs muscular. 
8. Feet.—Longish ;_ toes 
slightly arched ; pads hard. 
9. Tail—Short, very 
supple, carried curled over 
the back. 
Io. €Coat.—On the whole 
body and legs very short 
THE PHU-QUOC BITCH CAN-LE’. 
IMPORTED BY THE MARQUIS DE BARTHELEMY. 
Marquis had, with difficulty, brought three 
specimens to Europe, and there was also 
a couple in the Jardin d’ Acclimitation. 
Unhappily one bitch belonging to the 
Marquis died of exhaustion in trying to rear 
a litter of thirteen pups. The Comte Henri 
de Bylandt on one occasion judged the breed 
at Antwerp, and Mr. Brooke, who has seen 
several, describes the dog as “rather dark 
brown in colour, well-built and active look- 
ing, with powerful jaws. The type,” he 
adds, “‘is that of all wild or semi-wild dogs 
of the Far East, somewhat resembling a 
leggy, smooth Chow.” What distinguishes 
the pure Phu-Quoc is the curious growth of 
coat along the back, near the shoulders, 
and dense ; on the back the 
hair is growing the wrong 
way, towards the head, 
and is much longer and 
harder. 
11. Colour.—Reddish-fawn, with black muzzle ; 
the coat on the back is darker. 
12. Height at Shoulder.—21} inches. Weight 
about 4o lb. 
A Parisian Dogue de Bordeaux fancier 
who had lived some years in the island 
records that though these dogs are intract- 
able, they can be trained for hunting. He 
regarded them as intelligent, and instanced 
the case of one that, being pestered by 
a European dog, dragged it to a pond of 
water, and held it under until it was 
drowned. 
For the use of the portrait of the Marquis 
de Barthelémy’s bitch Can Le’ I am in- 
debted to Mr. H. C. Brooke. 
