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in the latter case should be set low. The feet with this formation 

 turn out ; they should resemble those of the fore-legs. 



The size should not exceed 50 lbs. in the dog and 40 lbs. in 

 the bitch. 



Coat and colour. — The coat must be short, fine, and close. The 

 colour most prized is white, or white more or less marked with any 

 of the following colours, viz., brindle, fallow, or red. If with 

 black face (smut), so much the better ; but a whole black or black 

 and white colour is objected to. Whole brindle, fallow, or red is 

 approved of. 



Symmetry and action. — The symmetry of this dog is a matter 

 of fancy, but the action required is peculiar, being a roll depen- 

 dent on the width and lowness of the fore- quarters and the small 

 size of the hind-quarters as compared with the fore. 



II.— THE MASTIFF. 



Admirers of the mastiff consider him to be indigenous to Great 

 Britain, but I confess I see no reliable grounds for such an opinion. 

 There are two distinct varieties — the English and the Cuban. 



(A) THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 



This dog is a very handsome and noble-looking animal as now 

 bred) having lost the weak formation of back which formerly 

 attached to him, by careful breeding in the hands of Mr. Lukey, 

 Mr. Edgar Hanbury, Captain Gamier, and others. Mr. Lukey 

 was, no doubt, the first in this undertaking, and though perhaps 

 his dog " Wallace," which I selected twenty years ago as the type 

 of the breed, has since been slightly surpassed by his own " Go- 

 vernor," still I think it desiiable to retain him as my illustration, 



