THE PUG. 



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V- THE PUG. 



This curly-tailed and pretty little toy-dog was out of fashion 

 in England for some years, but has recently come again into such 

 vogue that a good pug will fetch from 20 to 35 guineas. The 

 British breed, however, which is one of those known to have 

 existed from the earliest times, was never entirely lost, having 



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"Pdnch " and " Tetty," * Pugs, the Property of Mr. C. Morrison of Walham Green. 



been carefully preserved in a few families. The Dutch have 

 always had a fondness for the pug-dog, and in Holland the breed 

 is common enough, but the same attention has not been paid to 

 it as in England, and yellow masks, low foreheads, and pointed 



* " Punch," out of Mr. Morrison's " Minnie ; " " Tetty," out of his " Mouse ; " 

 both by his "Charlie." 



