To the Bditor of th "Nomm-Cnina Darcy, News"
Sin—aving, read the various lolly in recent fanies of your valued paper" on the subject of dogs In the Shanghat Bird Market T pald a visit yesterday to the: Native "city, with the intention of buying one dog. White there T saw many" dogs. which no doubt had been ela? one a very Pekinese. with. "about only two teeth eft which sat up and did eicks for the passers-by. T bought a. very fall female. tibetan poodle which was" starving, Sher had managed 10 Beat the man down $10, 1 saw a male Tieton poodle In ery good "condition tied up by 2 ope inva althy: dark shoppe was tad a0. ightly that he ould hardy Hit down on the floor, much tess He fovin andthe an tem up by the rope nti the poot creature was In*danger of being" strangled. "He was (terribly cowed, due, ho doubt, to the. thrashings he sas' receiving" the hands ofthe people who had him: Stter much haggling T got him also for's10. When t bathed hint T found fe was covered "with Burrs. which would make one. "think he hed. not Tong been in captivity in the Native Gilg. "He isa quiet-gentle creature Gnd very lovable. Will "some. dot over' please take" hin from me 3 present?
Humane.
Shanghai, June 28.
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