BASSET OF THE ARDENNES

Color: Black and tan, hare color or tawny red.

Height: 15 in.

Weight: 55 lbs.

This is a typical hound, a bloodhound in miniature. The head is large

but not broad, skull high and narrow, occipital bone well developed,

with pendulous lips. Eyes brown, with eye lids loose and pendulous. The

ears are long, fine and hanging forward close to the jaws. Body is heavy

and massive and the back long, broad and deep. The stern is carried

hound-like. The coat is short, hard on the body, but softer on the ears

and skull.

[Illustration]

Dogs of all nations a complete work, profusely illustrated, bearing on the world's different varieties of the dog, grouped under their several nationalities, with descriptive matter explaining the characteristics and utility of each · 第 77 / 277 题