. 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. 536 THE NEW B(30K OF THE DOG. coated Chihuahua dog with the less interest- ing lap-dog of Mexico, whose longer, silkier hair and butterfly ears would indeed justify the belief that it is the ancestor of tlie Papillon. The portrait of Chadro, lent by. PAPILLON DOG CARLO. PROPERTY OF MADAME MOETWIL, BRUSSELS. Mr. H. C. Brooke, is of a typical specimen which was imported from Mexico by ]\Ir. R. Rentoul Symon. The
. 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. 536 THE NEW B(30K OF THE DOG. coated Chihuahua dog with the less interest- ing lap-dog of Mexico, whose longer, silkier hair and butterfly ears would indeed justify the belief that it is the ancestor of tlie Papillon. The portrait of Chadro, lent by. PAPILLON DOG CARLO. PROPERTY OF MADAME MOETWIL, BRUSSELS. Mr. H. C. Brooke, is of a typical specimen which was imported from Mexico by ]\Ir. R. Rentoul Symon. The colour is not always white. Chadro has pale fawn points; Lad}' Fairbairn's Feo was a tiny white dog, with black patches on the head ; the Hon. Mrs. Bourke's dog was a delicate fawn, and others have been of a delicate blue with tan points. ]\Iadame Adelina Patti's Bonito, presented to her by the President of Mexico enclosed in a bouquet, was black and tan. Her Rigi was a fawn. The Papillon.—A ^•ery engaging little dog is the Papillon, or Squirrel Spaniel. It is generally regarded as a Belgian dog possibly because in that country it is kept m greater numbers than anywhere else. It can hardly be said to be a native of Belgium. The fact that it is called an Epagneul would seem to point to Spanish origin. It is not a Spaniel properly speak- ing, any more than the Pekinese is a true Spaniel. One might venture almost to premise that it is a descendant of the tinv silky haired lap-dog which the Spaniards brought o^•er from iMexico in the sixteenth century, and may have imported into the Netherlands. It is certainly not a new dog. Lap-dogs of similar type and size may often be seen in early portraits in the Spanish galleries, as also in the paintings by W'atteau, Fragonard, and Boucher. iMadame de Pom- padour possessed one named Inez, and Marie Antoinette was especially fond of this diminutive breed. The name Papillon is obviously given to the dog in reference to its ears, which
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