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UT there is neither East nor West, Border nor Breed nor Birth "when great ladies of the Occident decree that dogs of the Orient are worthy of acquisition. Thus it comes about that one of the most popular toy dogs of the day is the —-the Palace dog of his own land, treasured and guarded by many generations of Emperors and Empresses. Even to-day in China the task of collecting individuals outside the Royal palaces is attended with the utmost difficulty, and great must be the amazement of any untravelled Chinaman who sets foot in this country for the first time on seeing so many about. Our own history of the breed begins with the advance of the French and English troops upon Pekin in 1860. The occupation of the city being a formidable undertaking for such a small body, the allies made a movement on the Summer Palace of the Emperor at Yen Min Yuen, nearly four miles from Pekin. The victory was of a Pyrrhic