THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 



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showing as he does, how little has been done since his time. 

 Mr. Lukey's account to me of the origin of his breed is as 

 follows:— "In 1835, I bought of the late George White of 



" Wallace," an English Mastiff, the Property of T. Lukey, Esq. 



Knightsbridge a brindled mastiff bitch, at a high price (^40), 

 from" the Duke of Devonshire's stud. I bred from her with a 

 fawn black-muzzled dog, < Turk/ the property of the late Lord 



