THE MEXICAN LAPDOG, THE BLOODHOUND. 63 
The very tiniest of the dog family is the MEXICAN LAPDOG, a creature so 
very minute in its dimensions as to appear almost fabulous to those who 
have not seen the animal itself. a 
One of these little canine pets is to be seen in the British Museum, and 
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MEXICAN LAPDOG.—(Canis familiaris.) 
always attracts much attention from the visitors. Indeed, if it were not in 
so dignified a locality, it would be generally classed with the mermaid, the 
flying serpent and the Tartar lamb, as an admirable example of clever work- 
manship. It is precisely 
like those white woollen 
toy Dogs which sit upon M \\ 
a pair of bellows, and when oN : 
ressed give forth a nonde- WS 
leriot sound. intended to \\' \ 
do duty for the legitimate 
canine bark. To say that 
it is no larger than these 
toys would be hardly true, 
fo. I have seen in the shop 
windows many a toy Dog 
which exceeded in size the 
veritable Mexican Lapdog. 
The magnificent animal 
which is termed the BLoop- 
HOUND, on account of its 
einen peered BLOODHOUND.— (Canis familiaris.) 
all the mazes of its devious 
course, is very scarce in England, as there is now but little need of these Dogs. 
In the “good old times,” this animal was largely used by thief-takers, for 
the purpose of tracking and securing the robbers who in those days made 
the country unsafe and laid the roads under a black mail. Sheep-stea‘ers, 
