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between eyes and tip of nose, 6 Jin. ; length of ear from root to tip, 

 5^in. ; colour, red, white fore feet, black nose ; breeder, W. Arkwright ; 

 she is own sister to Senta (K.C.S.B., 8401). 



CHAPTER XVI. THE SCHWEISSHUND. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THIS is a German hound which will, when better known in England, 

 find a place in our shows. They are about the size of our larger fox- 

 hounds. I had the opportunity of seeing a large class of them at the 

 Hanover Show, 1879, about sixty competing at that exhibition, when 

 they attracted the attention of the numerous English visitors. 



The schweisshund corresponds with what was once known here as the 

 lyme hound, or lymer, as far as work is concerned, for it is impossible 

 now to fix accurately the points of a dog long since modified or absorbed 

 in higher types, a process which has so long gone on in this country. 

 The schweisshund has a great reputation at home for aptitude and per- 

 severance in his special work of tracking wounded deer. The type of 

 head is different from our bloodhound, the occipital protuberance is not 

 very pronounced ; there is an absence of " frown," insisted on as one of 

 the evidences of great scenting powers by a few bloodhound fanciers 

 here, yet these schweisshunds are marvellously clever on the coldest 

 scent. They are shorter in the muzzle proportionately to size than 

 our bloodhounds or even foxhounds, flatter in the skull, with little 

 flew or dewlap. The colour is generally a red or a red brindle, from 

 which I imagine them to be more nearly related to the immense boar- 

 hound of Germany than to any of our hounds. The following are the 

 points required by German breeders and sportsmen : 



1. General Appear office. Medium height, of strong and long structure, 

 high in the back head, tail rarely carried high, earnest expression of the 

 face. 



2. Head of middling size, the upper part broad and flat, the forehead 



