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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XLIII
THE
POMERANIAN
Long
before
the
Pomeranian
dog
was
common
in
Great
Britain,
this
breed
was
to
be
met
with
in
many
parts
of
Europe,
especially
in
Germany;
and
he
was
known
under
different
names,
according
to
his
size
and
the
locality
in
which
he
flourished.
The
title
of
Pomeranian
is
not
admitted
by
the
Germans
at
all,
who
claim
this
as
one
of
their
national
breeds,
and
give
it
the
general
name
of
the
German
Spitz.
At
Athens,
in
the
Street
of
Tombs,
there
is
a
representation
of
a
little
Spitz
leaping
up
to
the
daughter
of
a
family
as
she
is
taking
leave
of
them,
which
bears
the
date
equivalent
to
56
B.C.,
and
in
the
British
Museum
there
is
an
ancient
bronze
jar
of
Greek
workmanship,
upon
which
is
engraved
a
group
of
winged
horses
at
whose
feet
there
is
a
small
dog
of
undoubted
Pomeranian
type.
The
date
is
the
second
century,
B.C.
It
is
now
generally
accepted
that,
wherever
our
Pomeranian
originated,
he
is
a
Northern
or
Arctic
breed.
Evidence
goes
to
show
that
his
native
land
in
prehistoric
times
was
the
land
of
the
Samoyedes,
in
the
north
of
Siberia,
along
the
shores
of
the
Arctic
Ocean.
The
Samoyede
dog
is
being
gradually
introduced
into
England,
and
good
specimens
can
be
frequently
seen
at
the
principal
shows.
The
similarity
between
our
large
white
Pomeranian
and
the
Samoyede
is
too
great
to
be
accidental.
And
we
are
drawn
to
the
conclusion
that
in
prehistoric
times
a
migration
of
the
Samoyedes
was
made
from
their
native
land
into
Pomerania,
the
most
eastern
province
of
Prussia
bordering
on
the
Baltic
Sea,
and
that
these
people
took
with
them
their
dogs,
which
were
the
progenitors
of
the
present
race
of
Pomeranian
or
Spitz.
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