. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. DOGS. 1513 essential than formerly. Tlie English mastiff belongs to a race of great antiquity. More than three hundred years ago Conrad Herebatch, a writer of that time, described him as— "Neither too gentle, nor too curst; that he neither faune upon a theefe, nor flew upon his friends; very waking; no gadder about, nor lavish of his mouth, barking without cause; neither maketh it any matter though he be not swift, for he is but to fght at home and give warnin
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. DOGS. 1513 essential than formerly. Tlie English mastiff belongs to a race of great antiquity. More than three hundred years ago Conrad Herebatch, a writer of that time, described him as— "Neither too gentle, nor too curst; that he neither faune upon a theefe, nor flew upon his friends; very waking; no gadder about, nor lavish of his mouth, barking without cause; neither maketh it any matter though he be not swift, for he is but to fght at home and give warning of the ; He is a fine looking animal, possessing the dignified bearing that reminds one of a lion, while he is docile, companionable, intelligent, and courageous, though not ferocious. When crossed with the Newfoundland or Bloodhound, the offspring are apt to be fero- cious; and when crossed with the bull-dog, they are often exceedingly savage and dangerous brutes. The points of the mastilf are as follows: Head large in size, in shajje between that of the bloodhound and bull-dog, having the volume of muscle of the latter, with the flews and muzzle of the former, though not as deep; ears small in size, drooping like those of the hound. The teeth usually meet, but there is generally a slight projection of the lower jaw; eye rather small or medium in size; the loins are compact and powerful, limbs strong, coat smooth; the most desirable color is red or fawn, with black muzzle; the tail is but slightly rough, and carried high over the back when under excitement; voice very deep and sonorous; height about twenty-eight to thirty-two inches. There are many smooth- haired dogs of large size that are frequently erroneously called mastiffs, but which are only mongrels, possessing, perhaps, some mastiff blood. The NewfOHlldlaild.—There are three classes or varieties of the Newfoundland dog considered pure, all of which were originally natives of Newfoundland, viz.; the t
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