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the eye to .the tip, should be from four to four and a-half 

 inches long; at the end it should be squarely cut, though 

 not with heavy pendulous lips; the nostrils should be open, 

 moist, and delicately sensitive; avoid by all means every 

 approach to the double or split nose, a mark which never 

 belongs to any pure breed of Setter, whatsoever. The 

 ears should be set low on the head and should hang close 

 to the cheeks; they should be largest at the point of in- 

 tersection with the head, and should be handsomely feath- 

 ered to the tips, which should be rounded and not triangu- 

 lar or sharp-pointed ; under no circumstances should they 

 be cocked, as that lends a very cur-like look to the animal. 

 The neck should be long and flexible, with a clean cut 

 connection with the head. The shoulders should be well 

 developed with long blades, and the legs strong, though 

 not clumsy in bone; they should have large joints at knee 

 and pastern, and should incline slightly forward in front, 

 so that when standing the feet will be a little in advance 

 of a perpendicular; the hind legs should be long to the 

 hock, with short lower limbs. The feet should be round 

 and cat-like, with the toes arched and springy, and with 

 thick tufts of hair between them to protect the foot when 

 hunting. The chest should be deep, to allow room for the 

 heart and lungs ; there is a great distinction between a deep 

 and a broad chest, the latter giving a heavy and clumsy 

 appearance to the dog, which is generally sustained in the 

 field by his proving slow and unable to do fast work. The 

 ribs should be arched but not rounded, and the back ones 

 should be as deep as possible, giving strength and support 

 to the frame. The hips should be large and wide ; the tail 

 well set. deeply feathered in the center, running to a sharp 

 tip, and carried below the line of the back with a slight 

 curve upwards. The coat should be fine and silky, abso- 

 lutely devoid of curl, and as straight and flat as possible ; 

 it should be of medium weight and have a tendency to 

 part down the middle of the back. The carriage and ap- 

 pearance of the entire animal should be sprightly and teem- 



