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CHAPTEE VI. 



WATCHDOGS AND HOUSE-DOGS. 



i. The Bulldog— 2. The Mastiff : (a) English ; (b) Cuban— 3. The Mount 

 St. Bernard: (a) Rough; (b) Smooth— 4. The Thibet Dog— 5. The Lion- 

 Dog— 6. The Shock-Dog. 



The peculiarity of this division is, that the dogs composing it are 

 solely useful as the companions or guards of their owners, not 

 being capable of being employed with advantage for hunting, in 

 consequence of their, defective noses, and their sizes being either 

 too large and unwieldy or too small for that purpose. For, the 

 same reason they are not serviceable as pastoral dogs or for 

 draught, their legs and feet, as well as their powers of maintain- 

 ing long-continued exertion, being comparatively deficient. These 

 dogs nearly all show a great disposition to bark at intruders, and 

 thereby give warning of their approach ; but some, as the bulldog, 

 are nearly silent, and then their bite is far worse than their bark. 

 Others, as, for instance, the little house-dogs, generally with more 

 or less of the terrier in them, are only to be used for the purpose 

 of warning by their bark, as their bite would scarcely deter the 

 most timid. The varieties are as follows : — 



