ON THE EXTERNAL CONFORMATION. 7 

 It is again perpendicularly divided into 

 three parts, as expressed by the lines B C. 



The first of these lines B, descends perpen- 

 dicularly from the withers to the ground, and 

 gives the proportion of the fore quarters. 



The second line C divides the body from 

 the hinder quarters, and shews their propor- 

 tion. These three divisions are nearly equal, 

 except that the center division is rather the 

 widest. 



The necessity for this general proportion 

 will be explained hereafter. 



The head should be small, and the counte- 

 nance animated; the forehead straight and 

 broad, the eye prominent, the ears erect, the 

 nostrils open and thin, the mouth lean and deep, 

 the posterior part of the lower jaw should be 

 open and capacious, which contributes much to 

 B 4- the 



