FOREIGN NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY BREEDS. 
dogs, going up range in the Himalayas in 
May to avoid the summer heat and the 
wet of the monsoon, and returning in 
October and November to escape the 
snow. 
About twelve years ago Mr. Jamrach im- 
ported a dozen of these dogs, somewhat 
undersized, and, with one or two excep- 
tions, not typical. Some of these went to 
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from the heat. He only survived his arrival 
at the Zoological Gardens by a few weeks. 
Probably it was an error to place him in a 
cage with a south aspect exposed to the 
exceptional sunshine of the summer of 
1906. His shorn condition in the photo- 
graph is particularly interesting, since it 
shows indubitably how closely the dog 
approaches to the true Mastiff type. 
SIR WILLIAM INGRAM'S THIBET MASTIFF BHOTEAN. 
IMPORTED BY MAJOR W. DOUGALL. 
Berlin, where their descendants still survive. 
Some years earlier than Mr. Jamrach’s 
importations Count Bela Sczechenyi brought 
three specimens from India to his Hun- 
garian estate. A pair of the Count’s 
Thibetans proved fairly tractable, but one, 
after destroying all the pigs and other small 
stock he could catch, finished his career by 
killing an old woman who had the temerity 
to protect her property with a broomstick. 
Prince Henri d’Orleans, returning from his 
journey towards Thibet, secured some of 
these dogs, but they died before reaching 
Europe. 
In1906 H.R.H.the Prince of Wales brought 
home the one represented in Mr. Dando’s 
photograph (p. 512). The smooth appearance 
of the animal is accounted for by the fact that 
when in the Red Sea those in charge of him 
thought it expedient to clip his coat quite 
short, as he was showing signs of exhaustion 
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The following information on the Thibet 
Mastiff is furnished by Mr. H. C. Brooke :— 
“One of the main characteristics of the dog 
is his size, which should be as great as possible, 
the forequarters especially being well developed, 
with sturdy fore-legs. The hindquarters strike 
one as being comparatively weak, but this, like 
the possession of dew claws, is frequent with 
mountain dogs of other breeds. The lion-like 
- mane, standing, when the dog is in full coat, 
straight out, ruffwise from the neck, enhances 
the impression of his imposing size. In his 
native land where, besides his duties as village 
watchman and salt carrier, he is engaged to 
guard flocks from wild beasts, he is often pro- 
vided with an iron collar, which does considerable 
damage to his ruff. The coat is very dense, with 
a woolly undercoat, standing well out. Its 
colour is usually black and tan, sometimes all 
black, while red specimens are found. His 
splendid bushy tail is often carried high, even 
curled ovcr the back. The character of the 
