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and still are exceedingly useful, and the breed is kept up at the 

 monastery of Mount St. Bernard. The coat varies a good deal 

 in length, there being in England two distinct varieties founded 



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The Mount St. Bernard Dog (Youatt). 



upon this point, viz., the rough and the smooth. Mr. Macdona, 

 who has been at great trouble and expense to import both of the 

 best Swiss strains, leans to the rough, but there are many who 

 still adhere to the smooth variety. I shall now describe each in 

 order. 



