. 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. 444 CHAPTER XLIX. THE PEKINESE. BY THE LADY ALGERNON GORDON-LENNOX. " A crush-nosed, human-hearted ; F MRS. DOUGLAS MURRAY'S AH CUM (IMPORTED). ^EW of the many breeds of foreign dogs now established in England have attained such a measure of popularity in so short a time as the Pekinese. Of their early history little i§ known, beyond the fact that at the looting of the Summer Palace of
. 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. 444 CHAPTER XLIX. THE PEKINESE. BY THE LADY ALGERNON GORDON-LENNOX. " A crush-nosed, human-hearted ; F MRS. DOUGLAS MURRAY'S AH CUM (IMPORTED). ^EW of the many breeds of foreign dogs now established in England have attained such a measure of popularity in so short a time as the Pekinese. Of their early history little i§ known, beyond the fact that at the looting of the Summer Palace of Pekin, in i860, bronze effigies of these dogs, known to be more than two thousand years old, were found within the sacred precincts. The dogs were, and are to this day, jealously guarded under the supervision of the Chief. Eunuch of the Court, and few have ever found their way into the outer world. In writing a true account of the breed it may be unavoidable to dispel some of the existing impressions with reference to the so-called " imported ; Pekin Spaniels can be imported without difficulty, as they abound in the various towns of China, but in the case of the Palace dog it is an alto- gether different matter, and the two should on no account be confounded, as will presently be explained. So far as the writer is aware, the history of the breed in England dates from the importation in i860 of five dogs taken from the Summer Palace, where they had, no doubt, been forgotten on the flight of the Court to the interior. Admiral Lord John Hay, who was present on active service, gives a graphic account of the finding of these little dogs in a part of the garden frequented by an aunt of the Emperor, who had committed suicide on the approach of the Allied Forces. Lord John and an- other naval officer, a cousin of the late Duchess of Richmond's, each secured two dogs ; the fifth was taken by General Dunne, who presented it to Queen Victoria. Lord John took pains to asce
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