. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 494 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. are indoor dogs, and they seem bom to lie, as did their ancestors, in graceful attitudes on drawing-room sofas. The Phu Quoc Dog.—A very curious member of the canine race is the dog of Fu Oc, or Phu-Quoc. It is indigenous to the island of that name in the Indo-China sea. No specimen has ever been seen in England, and the Marquis de Barthelemy, who holds a concession in the island f
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 494 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. are indoor dogs, and they seem bom to lie, as did their ancestors, in graceful attitudes on drawing-room sofas. The Phu Quoc Dog.—A very curious member of the canine race is the dog of Fu Oc, or Phu-Quoc. It is indigenous to the island of that name in the Indo-China sea. No specimen has ever been seen in England, and the Marquis de Barthelemy, who holds a concession in the island from the French government, states that owing to the want of care in keeping the breed pure it is rapidly becoming extinct. The. THE PHU-QUOC BITCH CAN-LE'. IMPORTED BY THE MARQUIS DE BARTHELEMY. Marquis had, with difficulty, brought three specimens to Europe, and there was also a couple in the Jardin d' Acclimitation. Unhappily one bitch belonging to the Marquis died of exhaustion in trying to rear a litter of thirteen pups. The Comte Henri de Bylandt on one occasion judged the breed at Antwerp, and Mr. Brooke, who has seen several, describes the dog as " rather dark brown in colour, well-built and active look- ing, with powerful jaws. The type," he adds, "is that of all wild or semi-wild dogs of the Far East, somewhat resembling a leggy, smooth ; What distinguishes the pure Phu-Quoc is the curious growth of coat along the back, near the shoulders, the hairs pointing forward towards the head. Comte H. de Bylandt describes the dog as follows, but I doubt if he is rght in calling it a Greyhound. It is not technically a hound. 1. General Appearance.—A heavy kind of Grey- hound. 2. Head.—Long ; skull slightly domed and the skin wrinkled, muzzle rather broad, in length the half of the entire head ; jaws long and power- ful ; lips and tongue black ; teeth well developed and meeting evenly. 3. Eyes.—Reddish, with a savage expression. 4. Nose.—Black ;
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