BALLOON BRUSH — BASSET HOUND 



Balloon Brush is a specially designed brush for use 

 when grooming long-coated dogs. It is oval in form, with 

 a handle like an ordinary hairbrush ; its peculiarity being 

 that the bristles in the centre are the longest, the outer 

 ones gradually becoming decreased in length as they 

 approach the edges. (See Brushes ^ Groomijtg.) 



Bandaging. — In applying bandages to a fracture or 

 wound it is in most cases best to use a strip of rolled linen, 

 such as may be obtained of any chemist. The way to 

 apply a bandage is io roll it up and then to wind it tightly 

 round the part, fixing it either by means of a safety-pin or 

 by splitting it down the last few inches and tying the 

 divided ends securely. In cases of fracture the bandage 

 may be soaked in starch before being applied. 



Bandogge. — An ancestor of the bulldog and mastiff, 

 now extinct. (See Bulldog, Mastiff.) 



Basset Hound. — This is a most valuable breed of 

 French sporting hound which has attained great popu- 

 larity in this country since its introduction towards the 

 end of the 'seventies. The chief peculiarity of the breed 

 is its short legs, which are in the case of most basset 

 hounds more or less crooked in front, though there 

 are some perfectly straight-legged specimens of the breed, 

 but these are not appreciated. The short, contorted legs, 

 moreover, possess their advantages, as they prevent their 

 possessors from travelling over the ground too fast when 

 tracking a wounded animal, and consequently the hunters 

 are better able to keep up with them. In this country 

 there are people who are apt to associate the basset 

 hound with the German Dachshund, probably because 

 the forelegs of each variety are short and bent. The 

 French variety, however, is totally distinct from the 

 German one, being unquestionably a hound, whereas the 

 latter is more closely allied to the terrier family, as 



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