Carlo the mastiff

Carlo attacking Jephro Rucastle (The Strand Magazine, june 1892)

Fictional animal.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Carlo was a mastiff belonging to Jephro Rucastle (COPP 346).

• It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny-tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones (COPP 355).

• He was shot by Dr. Watson (COPP 553) when he attacked Jephro Rucastle (COPP 552).

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