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the French and English Spaniels (Fig. 159) ; the Small Spaniel, 
the stock of a great number of varieties called Saloon or Lap- 
dogs, and which are remarkable for their diminutiveness, and 
often also for their ugliness, a circumstance which does not pre- 
vent their finding a place in the muff or on the knees of our 
elegantes. The principal Lap-dogs are the Cocker, King Charles, 
Blenheim, Small Poodle (Fig. 160), the Small White Log ot 
Cuba, or Havanese Log (Fig. 161), and the Lion Log. Then 
we come to the Turnspits, with straight and crooked legs (Fig. 
162); the St. Lomingo Log; the Large Water Spaniels (Fig. 
Fig. 166. — Pointer. 
163), the most faithful and most intelligent of all Logs; the 
Little Water Spaniel, Poodle, Newfoundland Log (Fig. 164) ; 
Stag, Fox, and Hare Hounds (Fig. 165) ; Blood-hounds, Pointers 
(Fig. 166), and Setters. • 
Among the Mastiffs are placed the Great Log, or Mastiff, of the 
English, an animal very courageous, robust, and well adapted for 
fighting ; the Thibet Mastiff, which differs but little from the 
former ; the Small Mastiff, the Pug ; excessively small, and now 
become very rare in France ; the Bull-dog (Fig. 167) ; the 
Terrier and Bull-Terrier (Fig. 168), a cross between the Matin 
and the Mastiff ; the Turkish Log, very remarkable for its almost 
entirely nude skin, and very improperly named, as it is really of 
American origin— -it was discovered by Columbus in the Antilles, 
