. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. SOME DOGS. -Photograph hy J. W. Willdns, Hednesford. In addition to the headpiece which adornsthis page, we give portraits ofThe Mastiff, three dogs, each of whom canlay claim to some the portraits and information concerningthe English and Tibetan Mastiffs we areindebted to Mr. H. C. Brooke, who writes:— Although the Bulldog is commonly calledthe national breed of this country, there isreally not the slightest doubt that this titleshould i-eally with far more right be borne bythe Mastiff, which is a breed of
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. SOME DOGS. -Photograph hy J. W. Willdns, Hednesford. In addition to the headpiece which adornsthis page, we give portraits ofThe Mastiff, three dogs, each of whom canlay claim to some the portraits and information concerningthe English and Tibetan Mastiffs we areindebted to Mr. H. C. Brooke, who writes:— Although the Bulldog is commonly calledthe national breed of this country, there isreally not the slightest doubt that this titleshould i-eally with far more right be borne bythe Mastiff, which is a breed of far greaterantiquity, and which no doubt was originallyderived from the mastiff by a process ofselection of specimens more suitable for thesport of bull-baiting. The mastiff we findreferred to by old writers long before anymention is made of the bulldog; and even atthe commencement, when we do find bull-dogs mentioned, there is no doubt that thoseanimals were not bulldogs as we to-dayunderstand the term, but simply dogs ofany variety, but usually mastiffs, used forbaiting t
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