dog. This is done, not with an idea that such figures are of the slightest use in proving the excellence, or otherwise, of any animal, but because some readers, accustomed to such tables, might think the book somewhat incomplete without them.

I thank all who assisted in providing subjects for illustration, and in giving valuable information that could not have been obtained, except from owners who have made individual varieties of the dog a special study. To them I dedicate this work, as a slight return for their kindness and the interest they have taken in its publication.

Brixton, London, March, 1893.

RAWDON B. LEE.