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not so heavy as the formers, and larger than the latter' s. 

 It is without the prominence of the occipital bone so 

 remarkable in the Pointer; is also narrower between the 

 ears, and there is a decided brow over the eyes. 



The nose (value 5) should be long and wide, without any 

 fullness under the eyes. There should be, in the average 

 dog Setter, at least four inches from the inner corner of the 

 eye to the end of the nose. Between the point and the 

 root of the nose there should be a slight depression a,t all 



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events, there should be no fullness and the eyebrows 

 should rise sharply from it. The nostrils must be wide apart 

 and large in the openings, and the end should be moist and 

 cool, though many a dog with exceptionally good scenting 

 powers has had a remarkably dry nose, amounting in some 

 cases to roughness, like that of shagreen. In all Setters, 

 the end of the nose should be black, or dark liver- colored; 

 but in the very best bred whites, or lemon-and-whites, pink 



