CHAPTER XXI. 



THE POINTS OF THE ENGLISH MASTIFF, 



Observe with care his shape, sort, colour, size. 



SomerviUe. The Chase, Lib. iv. 



HEAD. 



GENERAL. Very massive and short, with great breadth 

 and depth of skull, and squareness and blunt- 

 ness of muzzle, expression lowering. 



FOREHEAD. Broad, flat, and wrinkled ; eyebrows heavy, 

 with a broad stop extending well into the 

 forehead. 



CHEEKS. Full. 



EYES. Wide apart, small, and sunken ; dark brown 



in colour. 



MUZZLE. Short, truncated, broad, and deep, not tapering 



towards the nose ; line of profile from stop level, 

 and not drooping towards the nose, (i.e. not 

 hound muzzled) jaws very wide and convex. 



NOSE. Large ; nostrils large, and a well marked line 



between, amounting in some cases almost to a 

 split nose. 



LIPS. Thick and pendulous, they should fall forward 



(not hang at the corners of the mouth as in the 

 bloodhound) 



TEETH. Canines large, and lower incisors projecting 



slightly beyond the upper. 



EARS. Small, roundish, semi-erect or pendent, and 



not placed so low as in the hound. 



