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W. T. JAMES 



Five offspring of the two above animals, 709 6 and 710 9. 

 These dogs were included in the group to be trained and 

 studied because they were predominantly bassethound in in- 

 heritance, and from general observations were very like the 

 bassethound grandparent. The group included the following: 



sh. 1297 c? — 67 



sh. 1298^—77 



sh. 1301?— 79 



sh. 1300$ — 8C 



sh. 1304$ — 92 



A graphic representation of these indices is shown in text- 

 figure 108. There is wide variety in bodily form among 



BX BA55ET-SHEPWEBD Fi I 

 BASSET.CDOSSED WltH 

 BASSET-5HEDWEQD Fi 



CHEST inde"* 



CHEST INDEX 



8 2 8 



Text-figure 108 



these dogs, although all have the short legs of the basset- 

 hound. Four animals are classed as round bodied types, while 

 one falls into the extremely thin group. Thus we observe 

 the thin body of the German shepherd inherited from the 

 F 2 bassethound-shepherd grandparent. 



In the behavior experiments, 1297 6, 1298 5, 1300 9, and 

 1304$ formed the laboratory adjustment and developed 



