"And one wonders how 'pure' those two hundred were to begin with.  One hears comments about the Americans..."<br/><br/>He shrugged.<br/><br/>"The word 'mongrel' is often applied.  And yet, it is odd.  One of my relations is the cat fancier, and she goes on at length about the follies of overbreeding for type.  Take the 'umble Persian, which once upon a time had a fuller face.  Now, they are smashed in and have no end of respiratory disorders because of it!  The 'mongrel' and 'moggie' are the more robust sorts, no?"