Collier, V. W. F. [from old catalog] · New York, Stokes · leaf 104
SPORTING AND GUARD DOGS the purpose for which it has been from time to time mostuseful has ended in the race becoming fixed by the modernshow-system as a guard-dog. The modern mastiff has anexcellent nose but is of little or no use for sporting purposes. *This type of dog cannot be the same as that… … HOUND REPRESENTED ON HAN BAS-RELIEF OF THE HSIAO TANG SHAN (from a rubbing) may be that specimens may be found with the chiefs of someof the Mongol tribes but with the gradual extinction of thebig game of China it is unlikely that many of the hounds exist. Representations of these hounds are found…
Dogs · Animals in art · Art, Chinese
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